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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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AUG 29, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used an organoid model to gain new insights into Huntington's disease, a fatal genetic disorder that cau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2024Drug Discovery & Development
A new study found that drugs developed to treat various types of cancer hold potential for treating neurodegenerative co ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 23, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The sense of touch can be crucial to helping us understand and interact with our environment, and it is found all over a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2024Space & Astronomy
The International Space Station (ISS) has been a beacon of scientific and medical research ever since the station’ ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 20, 2024Microbiology
Fungi are everywhere, and in many cases, a fungal infection can be eliminated by a person's immune system. But fungal in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2024Genetics & Genomics
In some rare cases, people who are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have a partial or total recovery f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
A few years ago, researchers developed a novel treatment that could repair tissue and spinal cord injuries. These so-cal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2024Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers in Germany found that a natural fungal product activates opioid receptors with fewer 'undesirable reactions' ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 23, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have created a new gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy that may not only help stop the disease in MD ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
This image by C. G. Wilson shows a rotifer that has survived a life-threatening fungal infection by using acquired micro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long sought to understand the biological processes of aging, and how to maintain good health as we get ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Head trauma, and many neurological disorders like epilepsy, stroke, or Parkinson's disease, for example, can cause n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2024Microbiology
Scientists are trying to learn more about why people develop allergies to certain foods. Some research has indicated tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, the efficacy of many front-line antibiotics has been declining because of the spread of antibiotic resis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 29, 2024Microbiology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is known to cause a wide variety of diseases, including various types of cancer and multipl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins are often studied at very low temperatures. In the case of cryo-electron microscopy, for example, proteins are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2024Microbiology
The gut microbiome contains trillions of microorganisms, which carry out a variety of activities. Not only do they expre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2024Microbiology
Hundreds of thousands of people die every year from antibiotic-resistant infections or from the complications of those i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The human genome is contained within the nucleus of cells. The genome is well protected, but many things can cause DNA d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing autism spectrum disorder can be challenging, in part because it can present in very different ways among diff ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2024Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies with microbes. The trillions of microorganisms in our guts have very clone connection ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 10, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects an estimated 18 million people around the world, and not everyone gets relief from ant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
While an estimated 5 million Americans live with a disability that is related to traumatic brain injury (TBI), there are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2024Microbiology
Antibiotics are frequently used drugs that can eliminate and prevent bacterial infections. They might be used in the acu ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used an organoid model to gain new insights into Huntington's disease, a fatal genetic disorder that cau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2024
Drug Discovery & Development
A new study found that drugs developed to treat various types of cancer hold potential for treating neurodegenerative co
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 23, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The sense of touch can be crucial to helping us understand and interact with our environment, and it is found all over a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2024
Space & Astronomy
The International Space Station (ISS) has been a beacon of scientific and medical research ever since the station’
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 20, 2024
Microbiology
Fungi are everywhere, and in many cases, a fungal infection can be eliminated by a person's immune system. But fungal in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In some rare cases, people who are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have a partial or total recovery f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
A few years ago, researchers developed a novel treatment that could repair tissue and spinal cord injuries. These so-cal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2024
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers in Germany found that a natural fungal product activates opioid receptors with fewer 'undesirable reactions'
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 23, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have created a new gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy that may not only help stop the disease in MD
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
This image by C. G. Wilson shows a rotifer that has survived a life-threatening fungal infection by using acquired micro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long sought to understand the biological processes of aging, and how to maintain good health as we get
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Head trauma, and many neurological disorders like epilepsy, stroke, or Parkinson's disease, for example, can cause n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2024
Microbiology
Scientists are trying to learn more about why people develop allergies to certain foods. Some research has indicated tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, the efficacy of many front-line antibiotics has been declining because of the spread of antibiotic resis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2024
Microbiology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is known to cause a wide variety of diseases, including various types of cancer and multipl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins are often studied at very low temperatures. In the case of cryo-electron microscopy, for example, proteins are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2024
Microbiology
The gut microbiome contains trillions of microorganisms, which carry out a variety of activities. Not only do they expre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2024
Microbiology
Hundreds of thousands of people die every year from antibiotic-resistant infections or from the complications of those i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human genome is contained within the nucleus of cells. The genome is well protected, but many things can cause DNA d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing autism spectrum disorder can be challenging, in part because it can present in very different ways among diff
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2024
Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies with microbes. The trillions of microorganisms in our guts have very clone connection
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 10, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects an estimated 18 million people around the world, and not everyone gets relief from ant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
While an estimated 5 million Americans live with a disability that is related to traumatic brain injury (TBI), there are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2024
Microbiology
Antibiotics are frequently used drugs that can eliminate and prevent bacterial infections. They might be used in the acu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch