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Drug Design
Drug Design: often referred to as rational drug design or simply rational design, is the inventive process of finding new medications based on the knowledge of a biological target.
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DEC 27, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
UK regulators claim to have found a link between at least ten suicides and a powerful acne drug, manufactured under the ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 24, 2019Cancer
New research published recently in the journal Cancer aims to better understand the effects that aspirin can have on bre ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 21, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
With the efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as Prozac increasingly coming under question, the sear ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 19, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Every year, almost 70,000 people die from an overdose in the US. Now, a company called MindMed is testing a compound der ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 17, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
When scientists assess the impact of a treatment like a drug on cells, they usually generally rely on large populations ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The Nipah virus, first identified in 1998 and is transmitted from pigs and bats, has resulted in a high mortality rate k ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 15, 2019Microbiology
The fatality rate of Nipah virus has an estimated range of 40 to 75 percentWritten By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Cystic fibrosis is caused by a genetic mutation, but small changes other genes appear to influence the severity of the d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2019Technology
A computer game, on the verge of becoming a smartphone app, can use math to detect a patient’s comfort with risk-t ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 09, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The most commonly prescribed diabetic medication for the Type 2 condition is ‘Metformin’—a drug with a ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 05, 2019Health & Medicine
While a variety of contraceptive options exist, each has its pros and cons. As many women understand, one of the major d ...Written By: Tiffany DazetDEC 04, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Researchers find cannabis is being used as a sleep-aid in Colorado. Many Americans struggle with sleep disturbances -- s ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 24, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists used studies on cell and animal models to reveal insights into lethal childhood brain cancers and find promis ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 23, 2019Technology
It’s no secret that there is a shortage of tuberculosis drug development. To combat this issue, researchers at the ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 18, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Sickle cell disease affects approximately 100,000 Americans. Currently, the only available cure for the disease is a cos ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 10, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Dengue fever is an illness transmitted by mosquito bites. Affecting around 390 million people per year, if left untreate ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 08, 2019Neuroscience
It has been almost two decades since the last drug for Alzheimer’s was approved. Now, Chinese reglators have grant ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 08, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine have developed a new way to determine what our genes ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 03, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecules and drugs move among cells and bind to receptors on the cell surface, which can initiate a cascade of reaction ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2019Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists has now identified a process that plays a critical role in the growth of one part of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first, researchers have produced detailed images of a molecule in the skin as it senses various temperatures.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The need to assess a group of deadly neurotoxins without turning to animal-testing may soon be a possibility. A new anim ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 29, 2019Microbiology
Instead of designing a new flu vaccine every year, researchers have made a breakthrough that may lead to a single vaccin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 28, 2019Genetics & Genomics
People that don't carry functional copies of these proteins are more likely to get diseases that arise from unstable DNA ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
UK regulators claim to have found a link between at least ten suicides and a powerful acne drug, manufactured under the
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 24, 2019
Cancer
New research published recently in the journal Cancer aims to better understand the effects that aspirin can have on bre
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 21, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
With the efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as Prozac increasingly coming under question, the sear
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Every year, almost 70,000 people die from an overdose in the US. Now, a company called MindMed is testing a compound der
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 17, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
When scientists assess the impact of a treatment like a drug on cells, they usually generally rely on large populations
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The Nipah virus, first identified in 1998 and is transmitted from pigs and bats, has resulted in a high mortality rate k
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 15, 2019
Microbiology
The fatality rate of Nipah virus has an estimated range of 40 to 75 percent
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Cystic fibrosis is caused by a genetic mutation, but small changes other genes appear to influence the severity of the d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2019
Technology
A computer game, on the verge of becoming a smartphone app, can use math to detect a patient’s comfort with risk-t
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 09, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The most commonly prescribed diabetic medication for the Type 2 condition is ‘Metformin’—a drug with a
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 05, 2019
Health & Medicine
While a variety of contraceptive options exist, each has its pros and cons. As many women understand, one of the major d
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
DEC 04, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers find cannabis is being used as a sleep-aid in Colorado. Many Americans struggle with sleep disturbances -- s
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 24, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists used studies on cell and animal models to reveal insights into lethal childhood brain cancers and find promis
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 23, 2019
Technology
It’s no secret that there is a shortage of tuberculosis drug development. To combat this issue, researchers at the
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 18, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Sickle cell disease affects approximately 100,000 Americans. Currently, the only available cure for the disease is a cos
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 10, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Dengue fever is an illness transmitted by mosquito bites. Affecting around 390 million people per year, if left untreate
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 08, 2019
Neuroscience
It has been almost two decades since the last drug for Alzheimer’s was approved. Now, Chinese reglators have grant
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 08, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine have developed a new way to determine what our genes
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 03, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecules and drugs move among cells and bind to receptors on the cell surface, which can initiate a cascade of reaction
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists has now identified a process that plays a critical role in the growth of one part of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first, researchers have produced detailed images of a molecule in the skin as it senses various temperatures.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The need to assess a group of deadly neurotoxins without turning to animal-testing may soon be a possibility. A new anim
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 29, 2019
Microbiology
Instead of designing a new flu vaccine every year, researchers have made a breakthrough that may lead to a single vaccin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
People that don't carry functional copies of these proteins are more likely to get diseases that arise from unstable DNA
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch