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Drug Discovery
Drug Discovery: drug discovery is the process by which new candidate medications are discovered. Historically, drugs were discovered through identifying the active ingredient from traditional remedies or by serendipitous discovery. Modern drug discovery involves the identification of screening hits, medicinal chemistry and optimization of those hits to increase the affinity, selectivity (to reduce the potential of side effects), efficacy/potency, metabolic stability (to increase the half-life), and oral bioavailability.
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OCT 26, 2025Microbiology
The vast community of microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract-the gut microbome, is closely connected to many aspec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Researchers found a genetic variant in people with especially long lives, which could help children who age prematurelyWritten By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria are incredible organelles. They not only provide crucial power to our cells, these little machines also hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
Acetaminophen is a common pain and fever reliever medication used for many ailments, including headaches, muscle aches, ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 21, 2025Microbiology
Microbes have long been engaged in warfare; these cells have to find a place to survive and thrive, and collect enough n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been called an “under-recognized public health crisis,” and is estimated to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2025Microbiology
As bacterial pathogens evolve, the common antibiotics used to treat these bacterial infections have become less effectiv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2025Microbiology
Many known viruses pose a continuing threat to public health, and we are constantly dealing with the possibility that ne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2025Microbiology
Remnants of everything that humans ingest ends up in waste water, including medications that people may be taking, like ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2025Genetics & Genomics
This study has shown that HSV-1 is an "opportunistic interior designer" of human cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 02, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that is thought to impact about 2.3 million people around the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2025Microbiology
Obesity is considered a major public health epidemic that affects an estimated 600 million people or more around the wor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2025Earth & The Environment
In recent years, scientists have found some success in treating mental health disorders like major depression PTSD with ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2025Microbiology
This new kind of drug pipeline was used to screen over one million interactions between small molecules and antibiotics, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
When scientists genetically engineered mice so that they could not generate an amino acid called cysteine, and then fed ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists and clinicians still have a lot to learn about how sex differences impact human diseases, such as how they ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2025Microbiology
For years, clinicians and scientists have known that many frontline antibiotics are becoming less reliable. Bacteria con ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2025Microbiology
The microbes in the human gut can have a powerful effect on our health and well-being, as many studies have shown in rec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been searching for treatments for neurodegenerative disorders like& Alzheimer's and Parkinson's for many ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 05, 2025Microbiology
The human body plays host to many microbes, and the communities that these microorganisms form are known as microbiomes. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2025Microbiology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 emerged to cause millions of deaths and sicken billions of people...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 18, 2025Microbiology
Pathogenic bacteria are getting deadlier because they are increasingly gaining resistance to crucial antibiotics. Whole ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
Aspirin use in patients with PIK3CA-mutated colorectal cancer reduces recurrence risk by over 50%.Written By: Annie LennonMAR 26, 2025Genetics & Genomics
These findings could help scientists design better treatments for bowel diseases, which take an entirely new approach th ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2025
Microbiology
The vast community of microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract-the gut microbome, is closely connected to many aspec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers found a genetic variant in people with especially long lives, which could help children who age prematurely
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria are incredible organelles. They not only provide crucial power to our cells, these little machines also hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
Acetaminophen is a common pain and fever reliever medication used for many ailments, including headaches, muscle aches,
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 21, 2025
Microbiology
Microbes have long been engaged in warfare; these cells have to find a place to survive and thrive, and collect enough n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been called an “under-recognized public health crisis,” and is estimated to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2025
Microbiology
As bacterial pathogens evolve, the common antibiotics used to treat these bacterial infections have become less effectiv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2025
Microbiology
Many known viruses pose a continuing threat to public health, and we are constantly dealing with the possibility that ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2025
Microbiology
Remnants of everything that humans ingest ends up in waste water, including medications that people may be taking, like
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
This study has shown that HSV-1 is an "opportunistic interior designer" of human cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 02, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that is thought to impact about 2.3 million people around the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2025
Microbiology
Obesity is considered a major public health epidemic that affects an estimated 600 million people or more around the wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2025
Earth & The Environment
In recent years, scientists have found some success in treating mental health disorders like major depression PTSD with
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2025
Microbiology
This new kind of drug pipeline was used to screen over one million interactions between small molecules and antibiotics,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
When scientists genetically engineered mice so that they could not generate an amino acid called cysteine, and then fed
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists and clinicians still have a lot to learn about how sex differences impact human diseases, such as how they ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2025
Microbiology
For years, clinicians and scientists have known that many frontline antibiotics are becoming less reliable. Bacteria con
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2025
Microbiology
The microbes in the human gut can have a powerful effect on our health and well-being, as many studies have shown in rec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been searching for treatments for neurodegenerative disorders like& Alzheimer's and Parkinson's for many
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2025
Microbiology
The human body plays host to many microbes, and the communities that these microorganisms form are known as microbiomes.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2025
Microbiology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 emerged to cause millions of deaths and sicken billions of people...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 18, 2025
Microbiology
Pathogenic bacteria are getting deadlier because they are increasingly gaining resistance to crucial antibiotics. Whole
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
Aspirin use in patients with PIK3CA-mutated colorectal cancer reduces recurrence risk by over 50%.
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 26, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
These findings could help scientists design better treatments for bowel diseases, which take an entirely new approach th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch