Drug Development
Drug development: describes the process of developing a new drug that energetically targets a specific weakness in a cell. The process consist of bringing a new pharmaceutical drug to the market once a lead compound has been identified through the process of drug discovery.
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NOV 19, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentNOV 19, 2019Many of the clinically relevant antibiotics are sourced from natural substances, produced by bacteria. But because of the growing threat of antibiotic resi...WRITTEN BY: Nouran AminNOV 19, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentNOV 19, 2019A recent study shows that patients who take a maximum dose of statin drugs in addition to a twice-yearly injection of the experimental cholesterol-lowering...WRITTEN BY: Nouran AminNOV 19, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentNOV 19, 2019In a new study, scientists at Imperial College London investigated how powerful psychedelic dimethyltryptamine (DMT) alters the brain’s electrical ac...WRITTEN BY: Annie LennonNOV 19, 2019Cell & Molecular BiologyNOV 19, 2019Acute pain can progress to chronic pain, which can cause other problems including depression, loss of motivation and sensory dysfunction....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2019Cannabis SciencesNOV 19, 2019According to the research, cannabis is not effective when it comes to treating individuals struggling with opioid use disorder. While some may have conside...WRITTEN BY: Kara MarkerNOV 18, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentNOV 18, 2019Sickle cell disease affects approximately 100,000 Americans. Currently, the only available cure for the disease is a costly bone marrow transplant, putting...WRITTEN BY: Annie LennonNOV 15, 2019Health & MedicineNOV 15, 2019The topic of cannabis use disorder is growing as marijuana becomes more commonly and openly used by the general public. In the past, research has been conf...WRITTEN BY: C ReardonNOV 14, 2019Genetics & GenomicsNOV 14, 2019Cancer cells can change their identity and can take on new functions and characteristics, which is often rooted in epigenetic alterations....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentNOV 13, 2019In a study published in Scientific Reports, a popular cancer drug, known as ruxolitnib, was found to cause an increased weight gain as well as an increase ...WRITTEN BY: Nouran AminNOV 12, 2019Cannabis SciencesNOV 12, 2019Pharmaceutical drugs aren’t doing the job for women with endometriosis pain, and cannabis seems to be an exceedingly popular alternative. As a chroni...WRITTEN BY: Kara MarkerNOV 11, 2019NeuroscienceNOV 11, 2019Scientists at Northwestern University have dicovered a new mechanism in the brain that may be responsable for the early stages of neurodegeneration seen in...WRITTEN BY: Annie LennonNOV 11, 2019MicrobiologyNOV 11, 2019This study can help inform the development of new treatments for antibiotic-resistant microbes....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2019NeuroscienceNOV 11, 2019Until now, it has been commonly accepted that our sense of smell depends on the transmission of olfactory information from the nose to the olfactory bulb i...WRITTEN BY: Annie LennonNOV 10, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentNOV 10, 2019Dengue fever is an illness transmitted by mosquito bites. Affecting around 390 million people per year, if left untreated, its mortality rate is 20%. Altho...WRITTEN BY: Annie LennonNOV 10, 2019NeuroscienceNOV 10, 2019For over two decades, researchers have been studying an extended family of over 1,200 people from Columbia known for having a rare genetic mutation that le...WRITTEN BY: Annie LennonNOV 10, 2019Cell & Molecular BiologyNOV 10, 2019Scientists have found that a drug called rapamycin can help restore blood flow to the brain that is lost during aging....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2019CancerNOV 09, 2019Flashback fifty years ago and many of the modern world’s inventions and discoveries would have been undreamed of – including using machines to ...WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 08, 2019NeuroscienceNOV 08, 2019It has been almost two decades since the last drug for Alzheimer’s was approved. Now, Chinese reglators have granted conditinal approval for a new dr...WRITTEN BY: Annie LennonNOV 08, 2019Genetics & GenomicsNOV 08, 2019Geneticists at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine have developed a new way to determine what our genes do. This will not only allow scient...WRITTEN BY: Annie LennonNOV 07, 2019Clinical & Molecular DXNOV 07, 2019Being diagnosed with a rare disease can be especially terrifying for patients. After all, many of these diseases have no treatment options. This is because...WRITTEN BY: Abbie ArceNOV 06, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentNOV 06, 2019Ever heard of conotoxins? They are bioactive peptides present in the venom of the predatory marine cone snails that are well known for their effective enve...WRITTEN BY: Nouran AminNOV 06, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentNOV 06, 2019Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden were able to pinpoint 10 tumor-specific potential drug targets for the fatal and incurable brain cancer, glio...WRITTEN BY: Nouran AminNOV 04, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentNOV 04, 2019A variation in genetics for an individual at high-risk for Alzheimer development has defied the odds for being dementia-free way beyond anticipated. The in...WRITTEN BY: Nouran AminNOV 04, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentNOV 04, 2019Researchers at Cornell University are working on improving the trial-and-error process that is implicated in finding effective molecules for drug delivery....WRITTEN BY: Nouran Amin
NOV 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
NOV 19, 2019
Many of the clinically relevant antibiotics are sourced from natural substances, produced by bacteria. But because of the growing threat of antibiotic resi...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
NOV 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
NOV 19, 2019
A recent study shows that patients who take a maximum dose of statin drugs in addition to a twice-yearly injection of the experimental cholesterol-lowering...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
NOV 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
NOV 19, 2019
In a new study, scientists at Imperial College London investigated how powerful psychedelic dimethyltryptamine (DMT) alters the brain’s electrical ac...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
NOV 19, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
NOV 19, 2019
Acute pain can progress to chronic pain, which can cause other problems including depression, loss of motivation and sensory dysfunction....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
NOV 19, 2019
According to the research, cannabis is not effective when it comes to treating individuals struggling with opioid use disorder. While some may have conside...
WRITTEN BY:
Kara Marker
NOV 18, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
NOV 18, 2019
Sickle cell disease affects approximately 100,000 Americans. Currently, the only available cure for the disease is a costly bone marrow transplant, putting...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
NOV 15, 2019
Health & Medicine
NOV 15, 2019
The topic of cannabis use disorder is growing as marijuana becomes more commonly and openly used by the general public. In the past, research has been conf...
WRITTEN BY:
C Reardon
NOV 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
NOV 14, 2019
Cancer cells can change their identity and can take on new functions and characteristics, which is often rooted in epigenetic alterations....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
NOV 13, 2019
In a study published in Scientific Reports, a popular cancer drug, known as ruxolitnib, was found to cause an increased weight gain as well as an increase ...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
NOV 12, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
NOV 12, 2019
Pharmaceutical drugs aren’t doing the job for women with endometriosis pain, and cannabis seems to be an exceedingly popular alternative. As a chroni...
WRITTEN BY:
Kara Marker
NOV 11, 2019
Neuroscience
NOV 11, 2019
Scientists at Northwestern University have dicovered a new mechanism in the brain that may be responsable for the early stages of neurodegeneration seen in...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
NOV 11, 2019
Microbiology
NOV 11, 2019
This study can help inform the development of new treatments for antibiotic-resistant microbes....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2019
Neuroscience
NOV 11, 2019
Until now, it has been commonly accepted that our sense of smell depends on the transmission of olfactory information from the nose to the olfactory bulb i...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
NOV 10, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
NOV 10, 2019
Dengue fever is an illness transmitted by mosquito bites. Affecting around 390 million people per year, if left untreated, its mortality rate is 20%. Altho...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
NOV 10, 2019
Neuroscience
NOV 10, 2019
For over two decades, researchers have been studying an extended family of over 1,200 people from Columbia known for having a rare genetic mutation that le...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
NOV 10, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
NOV 10, 2019
Scientists have found that a drug called rapamycin can help restore blood flow to the brain that is lost during aging....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2019
Cancer
NOV 09, 2019
Flashback fifty years ago and many of the modern world’s inventions and discoveries would have been undreamed of – including using machines to ...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 08, 2019
Neuroscience
NOV 08, 2019
It has been almost two decades since the last drug for Alzheimer’s was approved. Now, Chinese reglators have granted conditinal approval for a new dr...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
NOV 08, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
NOV 08, 2019
Geneticists at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine have developed a new way to determine what our genes do. This will not only allow scient...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
NOV 07, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
NOV 07, 2019
Being diagnosed with a rare disease can be especially terrifying for patients. After all, many of these diseases have no treatment options. This is because...
WRITTEN BY:
Abbie Arce
NOV 06, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
NOV 06, 2019
Ever heard of conotoxins? They are bioactive peptides present in the venom of the predatory marine cone snails that are well known for their effective enve...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
NOV 06, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
NOV 06, 2019
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden were able to pinpoint 10 tumor-specific potential drug targets for the fatal and incurable brain cancer, glio...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
NOV 04, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
NOV 04, 2019
A variation in genetics for an individual at high-risk for Alzheimer development has defied the odds for being dementia-free way beyond anticipated. The in...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
NOV 04, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
NOV 04, 2019
Researchers at Cornell University are working on improving the trial-and-error process that is implicated in finding effective molecules for drug delivery....
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin