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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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MAR 16, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have learned more about how SARS-CoV-2 infections, which cause COVID-19, can ruin the ability of immune cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
Anti-seizure drug, zonisamide has shown promise as a preventive treatment for children and adolescents living with migra ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 24, 2025Microbiology
Worldwide, hepatitis B is thought to be the second deadliest infection; about 5% of the global population are infection ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have identified a compound in ginger that could treat some symotoms of inflammatory bowel disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is usually fatal about 15 to 20 years after a patient is diagn ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
Lycopene, a natural plant extract, reduced depression-related impairments in the hippocampus and alleviated depressive-l ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 26, 2025Microbiology
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that can occur when the body is trying to fight an infection. Now scientists know ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 23, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been studying this compound as a potential treatment for a rare neurological disorder, but it could appl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
Drugs, including antibiotics, antivirals, vaccinations, and anti-inflammatory medications, are linked to a lower risk of ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 08, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Lissencephaly refers to a rare condition in which the folds usually found in the brain do not develop, and brain develop ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2024Microbiology
Urological diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTI) and kidney stones are a serious burden and are considered the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit flies, are convenient research tools, and they have many genes in common with humans.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2024Drug Discovery & Development
Fampridine, a drug used to improve walking in people with multiple sclerosis, may also improve working memory in certain ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 12, 2024Genetics & Genomics
There are about 80,000 new cases of bladder cancer every year in the US alone. About one-third of cases are diagnosed at ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2024Drug Discovery & Development
A drug used to treat glaucoma may protect against tau protein buildup in the brain, a key marker of dementias such as Al ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 28, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The trillions of microbes in our gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome, is crucial to the body; it aids in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2024Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a growing health problem. These problematic pathogens are already thought ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2024Microbiology
The link between cancer and bacteria that live in the human body has been known for a very long time. In the 19th centur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease in which the myelin sheath, an insulation that surrounds nerve cells, is sl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 16, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat that is already thought to contribute to the deaths of millions of people ever ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2024Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, many of which are still a complete mystery to us. Scientists have been working to l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2024Microbiology
Scientists are starting to learn about what composes a healthy microbiome, such as the bacterial species and the molecul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
There are millions of people around the world who deal with chronic itching with no clear cause, or chronic pruritus of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Two new research studies are addressing the rising threat of fungal infections, which can be very difficult to treat. On ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have learned more about how SARS-CoV-2 infections, which cause COVID-19, can ruin the ability of immune cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
Anti-seizure drug, zonisamide has shown promise as a preventive treatment for children and adolescents living with migra
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 24, 2025
Microbiology
Worldwide, hepatitis B is thought to be the second deadliest infection; about 5% of the global population are infection
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have identified a compound in ginger that could treat some symotoms of inflammatory bowel disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is usually fatal about 15 to 20 years after a patient is diagn
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
Lycopene, a natural plant extract, reduced depression-related impairments in the hippocampus and alleviated depressive-l
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 26, 2025
Microbiology
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that can occur when the body is trying to fight an infection. Now scientists know
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been studying this compound as a potential treatment for a rare neurological disorder, but it could appl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
Drugs, including antibiotics, antivirals, vaccinations, and anti-inflammatory medications, are linked to a lower risk of
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 08, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Lissencephaly refers to a rare condition in which the folds usually found in the brain do not develop, and brain develop
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2024
Microbiology
Urological diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTI) and kidney stones are a serious burden and are considered the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit flies, are convenient research tools, and they have many genes in common with humans.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2024
Drug Discovery & Development
Fampridine, a drug used to improve walking in people with multiple sclerosis, may also improve working memory in certain
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 12, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
There are about 80,000 new cases of bladder cancer every year in the US alone. About one-third of cases are diagnosed at
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2024
Drug Discovery & Development
A drug used to treat glaucoma may protect against tau protein buildup in the brain, a key marker of dementias such as Al
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 28, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The trillions of microbes in our gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome, is crucial to the body; it aids in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2024
Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a growing health problem. These problematic pathogens are already thought
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2024
Microbiology
The link between cancer and bacteria that live in the human body has been known for a very long time. In the 19th centur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease in which the myelin sheath, an insulation that surrounds nerve cells, is sl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat that is already thought to contribute to the deaths of millions of people ever
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2024
Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, many of which are still a complete mystery to us. Scientists have been working to l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2024
Microbiology
Scientists are starting to learn about what composes a healthy microbiome, such as the bacterial species and the molecul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are millions of people around the world who deal with chronic itching with no clear cause, or chronic pruritus of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Two new research studies are addressing the rising threat of fungal infections, which can be very difficult to treat. On
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch