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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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SEP 04, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria that were long thought to be untreatable may now be treated with a powerful antibiotic acc ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 04, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a genetic disorder kno ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 04, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in Molecular Psychiatry, research scientists at Columbia University Vagelos College of Ph ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 04, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
With a tool called lattice light sheet microscopy, scientists can view biological processes as they happen in live cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
There exists a certain amount of therapeutic drugs that treat osteoporosis by promoting bone formation in comparison to ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 02, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
New research shows that scientists have to take steps to verify the identity of the cell lines they grow.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2018Genetics & Genomics
By sequencing the opium poppy's DNA, scientists have revealed important details about how it makes its medicine.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2018Microbiology
In August, the World Health Organization declared that an Ebola outbreak was happening in the DRC.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Traditional tools often focus on one aspect of a cell, but a new technique can assay the expression of 1000s of genes in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2018Microbiology
A leading cause of birth defects and complication of transplants is the human cytomegalovirus, which can evade our immun ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
To fight peripheral artery diseases (PAD), an “ailment affecting 8 million Americans”, researchers at LSU Sc ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 28, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
According to a research study led by UCLA, a bacteria-like agent used in combination with an immunotherapeutic drug may ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 28, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
A common drug used to treat chest pain, known as ranolazine and branded as Ranexa®, was found to be safe in a clinic ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 27, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Diabetes UK, drugs in development to treat anemia ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 27, 2018Cardiology
New drug reduces deaths and hospitalization rates, while also improving quality of life, for patients with rare type of ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsAUG 27, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic inflammation has been linked to many diseases and can trigger cell death.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2018Videos
The Koch Institute at MIT has chosen one of Jason Chang's images as an Image Award recipient for 2018.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2018Cardiology
As BMI increases blood pressure increases, in societies where high blood pressure is already a problem the rise in obesi ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsAUG 22, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Researchers were eager to know how cannabis reduced symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) after recent studies. N ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 21, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
A flexible drug delivery device providing controlled released offers the latest in personalized medicine. The device was ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 21, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Portions of DNA that do not seem to have a function are referred to as “junk”. Now, according to a study pub ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 20, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
The capacity of brain cells to change is referred to as "plasticity” and according to a new study a decline i ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 20, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Many patients with head, neck, nasal, and oral cancers are treated with radiations. Unfortunately, such treatment leaves ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 19, 2018Cardiology
New pill that combines three high blood pressure medication into one pill is both more effective and safe.Written By: Caitlin Williams
SEP 04, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria that were long thought to be untreatable may now be treated with a powerful antibiotic acc
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 04, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a genetic disorder kno
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 04, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in Molecular Psychiatry, research scientists at Columbia University Vagelos College of Ph
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 04, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
With a tool called lattice light sheet microscopy, scientists can view biological processes as they happen in live cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
There exists a certain amount of therapeutic drugs that treat osteoporosis by promoting bone formation in comparison to
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 02, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research shows that scientists have to take steps to verify the identity of the cell lines they grow.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
By sequencing the opium poppy's DNA, scientists have revealed important details about how it makes its medicine.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2018
Microbiology
In August, the World Health Organization declared that an Ebola outbreak was happening in the DRC.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Traditional tools often focus on one aspect of a cell, but a new technique can assay the expression of 1000s of genes in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2018
Microbiology
A leading cause of birth defects and complication of transplants is the human cytomegalovirus, which can evade our immun
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
To fight peripheral artery diseases (PAD), an “ailment affecting 8 million Americans”, researchers at LSU Sc
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 28, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a research study led by UCLA, a bacteria-like agent used in combination with an immunotherapeutic drug may
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 28, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
A common drug used to treat chest pain, known as ranolazine and branded as Ranexa®, was found to be safe in a clinic
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 27, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Diabetes UK, drugs in development to treat anemia
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 27, 2018
Cardiology
New drug reduces deaths and hospitalization rates, while also improving quality of life, for patients with rare type of
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
AUG 27, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic inflammation has been linked to many diseases and can trigger cell death.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2018
Videos
The Koch Institute at MIT has chosen one of Jason Chang's images as an Image Award recipient for 2018.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2018
Cardiology
As BMI increases blood pressure increases, in societies where high blood pressure is already a problem the rise in obesi
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
AUG 22, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers were eager to know how cannabis reduced symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) after recent studies. N
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 21, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
A flexible drug delivery device providing controlled released offers the latest in personalized medicine. The device was
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 21, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Portions of DNA that do not seem to have a function are referred to as “junk”. Now, according to a study pub
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 20, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
The capacity of brain cells to change is referred to as "plasticity” and according to a new study a decline i
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 20, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Many patients with head, neck, nasal, and oral cancers are treated with radiations. Unfortunately, such treatment leaves
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 19, 2018
Cardiology
New pill that combines three high blood pressure medication into one pill is both more effective and safe.
Written By:
Caitlin Williams