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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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JAN 20, 2022Health & Medicine
After reviewing data, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) concludes there is a likely causal relationship between the UK ...Written By: Alexandria BassJAN 20, 2022Immunology
Scientists studying a neglected tropical disease have made a chance discovery—a promising therapeutic targe ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 20, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Nanoparticles—tiny spheres carrying a biologically-active cargo—have the potential to transform how w ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 18, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Asthma is a chronic condition that is characterized by difficulty breathing, coughing, and wheezing which is caused, in ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizJAN 17, 2022Microbiology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that impacts nearly 3 million people around the world. The cause ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
The drug Aduhelm (generic: aducanumab), when first introduced, was touted as a miracle drug for the treatment ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizJAN 14, 2022Cannabis Sciences
A recent review published in Frontiers in Nutrition highlighted the terpene myrcene’s phytotherapeutic profile and ...Written By: Kerry CharronJAN 14, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Drug development is expensive. Taking into account costs of failed trials, the average drug costs $985 million to resear ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 14, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
In a research breakthrough, scientists have found a hormone secreted by fat cells that plays a similar role to in ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 13, 2022Neuroscience
Neuroscientists uncover neural basis of emotional responses to musicJAN 13, 2022Immunology
A recent study has demonstrated that COVID-19 convalescent plasma treatment (or blood from individuals who have recovere ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 11, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
The Swiss biotech company Idorsia announced this week that it has received approval from the United States Foo ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizJAN 11, 2022Cannabis Sciences
Until just days ago, the University of Mississippi (UM) monopolized the cannabis research industry. Through a contract e ...Written By: Nadine HusamiJAN 10, 2022Cancer
Racial disparities exist between Black and White populations in many types of cancer. Researchers actively investi ...Written By: Katie KokolusJAN 07, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
This week, 23andMe, the consumer genetic testing giant, announced that it has begun a phase 1 clinical trial o ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizJAN 07, 2022Cancer
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) describes the complex vasculature network that delivers oxygen and nutrients to the brain. ...Written By: Katie KokolusJAN 06, 2022Health & Medicine
Two recently completed phase 3 clinical trials showed the drug baricitinib leads to hair growth for alopecia areata pati ...Written By: Alexandria BassJAN 06, 2022Immunology
COVID-19 infections trigger widespread oxidative damage, says new research by scientists from the Baylor College ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 04, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen, is being used to extend the lifetime of pharmaceuticals. New research published in An ...Written By: Hannah DanielJAN 04, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists have developed tiny, microscopic robots with the capability to swim through the bloodstream, enter the brain, ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizJAN 03, 2022Cancer
Immune checkpoints are present on the surface of immune cells throughout the body. Under normal conditions, they r ...Written By: Katie KokolusJAN 01, 2022Health & Medicine
Novavax, a Maryland-based biotechnology company, gets approval for its more traditional protein-subunit COVID-19 vaccine ...Written By: Alexandria BassJAN 01, 2022Cannabis Sciences
Results from a new study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports suggest that the carboxylated (i.e., acidic) for ...Written By: Nadine HusamiDEC 30, 2021Cannabis Sciences
According to a recent study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports, a novel hexyl homolog of cannabidiol (CBD) & ...Written By: Nadine Husami
JAN 20, 2022
Health & Medicine
After reviewing data, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) concludes there is a likely causal relationship between the UK
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JAN 20, 2022
Immunology
Scientists studying a neglected tropical disease have made a chance discovery—a promising therapeutic targe
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 20, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Nanoparticles—tiny spheres carrying a biologically-active cargo—have the potential to transform how w
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 18, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Asthma is a chronic condition that is characterized by difficulty breathing, coughing, and wheezing which is caused, in
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
JAN 17, 2022
Microbiology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that impacts nearly 3 million people around the world. The cause
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
The drug Aduhelm (generic: aducanumab), when first introduced, was touted as a miracle drug for the treatment
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
JAN 14, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
A recent review published in Frontiers in Nutrition highlighted the terpene myrcene’s phytotherapeutic profile and
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 14, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Drug development is expensive. Taking into account costs of failed trials, the average drug costs $985 million to resear
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 14, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a research breakthrough, scientists have found a hormone secreted by fat cells that plays a similar role to in
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 13, 2022
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists uncover neural basis of emotional responses to music
JAN 13, 2022
Immunology
A recent study has demonstrated that COVID-19 convalescent plasma treatment (or blood from individuals who have recovere
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 11, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
The Swiss biotech company Idorsia announced this week that it has received approval from the United States Foo
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
JAN 11, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
Until just days ago, the University of Mississippi (UM) monopolized the cannabis research industry. Through a contract e
...
Written By:
Nadine Husami
JAN 10, 2022
Cancer
Racial disparities exist between Black and White populations in many types of cancer. Researchers actively investi
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JAN 07, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
This week, 23andMe, the consumer genetic testing giant, announced that it has begun a phase 1 clinical trial o
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
JAN 07, 2022
Cancer
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) describes the complex vasculature network that delivers oxygen and nutrients to the brain.
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JAN 06, 2022
Health & Medicine
Two recently completed phase 3 clinical trials showed the drug baricitinib leads to hair growth for alopecia areata pati
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JAN 06, 2022
Immunology
COVID-19 infections trigger widespread oxidative damage, says new research by scientists from the Baylor College
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 04, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen, is being used to extend the lifetime of pharmaceuticals. New research published in An
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
JAN 04, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists have developed tiny, microscopic robots with the capability to swim through the bloodstream, enter the brain,
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
JAN 03, 2022
Cancer
Immune checkpoints are present on the surface of immune cells throughout the body. Under normal conditions, they r
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JAN 01, 2022
Health & Medicine
Novavax, a Maryland-based biotechnology company, gets approval for its more traditional protein-subunit COVID-19 vaccine
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JAN 01, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
Results from a new study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports suggest that the carboxylated (i.e., acidic) for
...
Written By:
Nadine Husami
DEC 30, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
According to a recent study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports, a novel hexyl homolog of cannabidiol (CBD) &
...
Written By:
Nadine Husami