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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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JUN 19, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
An experimental drug called vosoritide, alters certain proteins that block bone growth, which allowed the average annual ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 19, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Depression is tagged with strong impairments of social functioning. Until recently, researchers believed that acute depr ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 18, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Sheffield in collaboration with Glasgow-based biotech company Mironid, have developed ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 18, 2019Health & Medicine
A new study from a team of Harvard scientists discovered one of the first distinct examples of how gut bacteria can inte ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 17, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Virginia Tech have found a molecule that can potentially improve the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
In a study led by the American Heart Association, the blood pressure drug nilvadipine (a calcium channel blocker) was fo ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 17, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
An immunotherapeutic, involving anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (teplizumab), was seen to slow down the progression to clin ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 17, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
What is now known as a "landmark in drug discovery", Harvard chemists have succeeded in synthesizing halichond ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 16, 2019Health & Medicine
Do you remember the infamous "Joe Camel" advertisements for cigarettes back in the 1980s and 90s? These ads su ...Written By: Dr. Nina LichtenbergJUN 16, 2019Microbiology
The cold virus is famously difficult to target with drugs because it can mutate rapidly.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
In RA, cells of the immune system mistakenly attack the joints, and cause the painful inflammation that is a hallmark of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 14, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
A study published in PLOS Biology suggests that attaching a removable lock to an arthritis drug can increase its effecti ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 13, 2019Health & Medicine
According to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, published by Elsevier, shift ...JUN 13, 2019Health & Medicine
A 2019 study published on the National Center for Biotechnology Information showed that Cannabidiol might benefit a ...JUN 13, 2019Cancer
Drug resistance is a major hindrance to cancer treatment. Researchers from Duke University, MIT and the University of Rh ...Written By: Julia TraversJUN 12, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Targeting tumor cells while avoiding harming healthy tissue remains a growing central challenge in the field of chemothe ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 12, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, an estimated 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 12, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
As we get older, our arteries slowly begin to stiffen and then harden, which can lead to many serious complications. Now ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2019Health & Medicine
Young people are a target market for dietary supplements for weight loss, muscle building, energy, and more. A team of r ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 10, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
In patients with non-metastatic breast cancer, treated with aromatase inhibitors, tart cherry was found to reduce the mu ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 10, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
A recent research study examined a library of almost 300,000 small molecules to search for a molecule that may be a pote ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 10, 2019Cancer
A recent study published in Cancer Research highlights findings of a molecular indicator that could provide a new way fo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 07, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered viruses with massive genomes, which contain surprising genes.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
A soon to be published study investigated the relationship between antihypertensive drug use and dementia in older adult ...Written By: Nouran Amin
JUN 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
An experimental drug called vosoritide, alters certain proteins that block bone growth, which allowed the average annual
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Depression is tagged with strong impairments of social functioning. Until recently, researchers believed that acute depr
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 18, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Sheffield in collaboration with Glasgow-based biotech company Mironid, have developed
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 18, 2019
Health & Medicine
A new study from a team of Harvard scientists discovered one of the first distinct examples of how gut bacteria can inte
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 17, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Virginia Tech have found a molecule that can potentially improve the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
In a study led by the American Heart Association, the blood pressure drug nilvadipine (a calcium channel blocker) was fo
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 17, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
An immunotherapeutic, involving anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (teplizumab), was seen to slow down the progression to clin
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 17, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
What is now known as a "landmark in drug discovery", Harvard chemists have succeeded in synthesizing halichond
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 16, 2019
Health & Medicine
Do you remember the infamous "Joe Camel" advertisements for cigarettes back in the 1980s and 90s? These ads su
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
JUN 16, 2019
Microbiology
The cold virus is famously difficult to target with drugs because it can mutate rapidly.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
In RA, cells of the immune system mistakenly attack the joints, and cause the painful inflammation that is a hallmark of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
A study published in PLOS Biology suggests that attaching a removable lock to an arthritis drug can increase its effecti
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 13, 2019
Health & Medicine
According to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, published by Elsevier, shift
...
JUN 13, 2019
Health & Medicine
A 2019 study published on the National Center for Biotechnology Information showed that Cannabidiol might benefit a
...
JUN 13, 2019
Cancer
Drug resistance is a major hindrance to cancer treatment. Researchers from Duke University, MIT and the University of Rh
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUN 12, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Targeting tumor cells while avoiding harming healthy tissue remains a growing central challenge in the field of chemothe
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 12, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, an estimated 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 12, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
As we get older, our arteries slowly begin to stiffen and then harden, which can lead to many serious complications. Now
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2019
Health & Medicine
Young people are a target market for dietary supplements for weight loss, muscle building, energy, and more. A team of r
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 10, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
In patients with non-metastatic breast cancer, treated with aromatase inhibitors, tart cherry was found to reduce the mu
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 10, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
A recent research study examined a library of almost 300,000 small molecules to search for a molecule that may be a pote
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 10, 2019
Cancer
A recent study published in Cancer Research highlights findings of a molecular indicator that could provide a new way fo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered viruses with massive genomes, which contain surprising genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
A soon to be published study investigated the relationship between antihypertensive drug use and dementia in older adult
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin