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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 07, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research in London have discovered that a new type of drug that blocks treatment ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 04, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Many cannabidiol (CBD) products are assumed or advertised to be free, or mostly free, of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). A n ...Written By: Julia TraversOCT 04, 2019Cardiology
Following a heart attack, as the heart heals, scar tissue forms. This issue is less flexible than healthy heart tissue a ...Written By: Abbie ArceOCT 02, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at John Hopkins Medicine have found a way to deliver sight-saving gene therapy to the retina. Having already ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 02, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Preventing the growth of tumors presents a challenge for scientists in finding a cure to cancer. Now however, researcher ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 02, 2019Infographics
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) allows researchers to investigate different types of biomolecular interactions and mecha ...OCT 02, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests that a triple drug combination ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 01, 2019Genetics & Genomics
A breast cancer drug is better at treating advanced prostate cancer in some men than current therapies, a clinical trial ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Parkinson’s Disease is the second most common neurodegenerative condition, affecting 35 million people globally. C ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 29, 2019Cannabis Sciences
CBD has already been shown to be effective as an anti-anxiety, antipsychotic and anti-epileptic substance. Can it help y ...Written By: Julia TraversSEP 29, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Ten years ago, just 5% of people with advanced melanoma (skin cancer) lived more than five years after being diagnosed. ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 28, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
The stress of chronic pain has been known to be associated with depression for many years, and scientists have been stud ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 25, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Colorectal cancer is a fatal and common disease, and treatment decisions are often based on what genes have been mutated ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 24, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Using high-throughput screening methods, cancer researchers from the UK have identified some promising drug candidates t ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 24, 2019Technology
Scientists have recently developed a chip-like device that utilizes tiny magnets that sort large populations of mixed ce ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 23, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Affecting 44 million individuals globally, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a form of dementia characterized by loss of ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 22, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
A recent vaccine was developed by scientists at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania that prote ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 21, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in Nature Communications, alternative treatment was shown to have promising results for HIV as oppo ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 20, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at the University of California-San Diego have found that a chronic myeloid leukemia drug was found to treat ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 20, 2019Neuroscience
New drugs that seek to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have a 99.6% failure rate. This makes it the only disease in ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 19, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Adderall has a reputation for giving people a feeling of euphoria, increasing energy levels and enhancing abilities to f ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 19, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have successfully transplanted brain cells without the need of immune-suppressing ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 18, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
In recent years, ketamine has received growing interest for its neuroprotective effects. Known to alleviate symptoms of ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 16, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Around 50 million people have dementia worldwide, with 10 million new cases emerging each year (World Health Organizatio ...Written By: Annie Lennon
OCT 07, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research in London have discovered that a new type of drug that blocks treatment
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 04, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Many cannabidiol (CBD) products are assumed or advertised to be free, or mostly free, of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). A n
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
OCT 04, 2019
Cardiology
Following a heart attack, as the heart heals, scar tissue forms. This issue is less flexible than healthy heart tissue a
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
OCT 02, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at John Hopkins Medicine have found a way to deliver sight-saving gene therapy to the retina. Having already
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 02, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Preventing the growth of tumors presents a challenge for scientists in finding a cure to cancer. Now however, researcher
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 02, 2019
Infographics
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) allows researchers to investigate different types of biomolecular interactions and mecha
...
OCT 02, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests that a triple drug combination
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 01, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A breast cancer drug is better at treating advanced prostate cancer in some men than current therapies, a clinical trial
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Parkinson’s Disease is the second most common neurodegenerative condition, affecting 35 million people globally. C
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 29, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
CBD has already been shown to be effective as an anti-anxiety, antipsychotic and anti-epileptic substance. Can it help y
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
SEP 29, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Ten years ago, just 5% of people with advanced melanoma (skin cancer) lived more than five years after being diagnosed.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 28, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
The stress of chronic pain has been known to be associated with depression for many years, and scientists have been stud
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 25, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Colorectal cancer is a fatal and common disease, and treatment decisions are often based on what genes have been mutated
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 24, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Using high-throughput screening methods, cancer researchers from the UK have identified some promising drug candidates t
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 24, 2019
Technology
Scientists have recently developed a chip-like device that utilizes tiny magnets that sort large populations of mixed ce
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 23, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Affecting 44 million individuals globally, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a form of dementia characterized by loss of
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 22, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
A recent vaccine was developed by scientists at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania that prote
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 21, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in Nature Communications, alternative treatment was shown to have promising results for HIV as oppo
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 20, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at the University of California-San Diego have found that a chronic myeloid leukemia drug was found to treat
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 20, 2019
Neuroscience
New drugs that seek to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have a 99.6% failure rate. This makes it the only disease in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Adderall has a reputation for giving people a feeling of euphoria, increasing energy levels and enhancing abilities to f
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have successfully transplanted brain cells without the need of immune-suppressing
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 18, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
In recent years, ketamine has received growing interest for its neuroprotective effects. Known to alleviate symptoms of
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 16, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Around 50 million people have dementia worldwide, with 10 million new cases emerging each year (World Health Organizatio
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon