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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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NOV 24, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have found that a vaccine used for mumps, measles, and rubella (MMR) may be effective in protecting against ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 23, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Therapeutically relevant ion channels have inspired researchers to look into drugs that can regulate their activity. Ion ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 22, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Many people think that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound in cannabis, can reduce symptoms from various cond ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 22, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Researchers from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto have found that two synthetic cannabinoids available on prescri ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Israel have found that hyperbaric oxygen treatments (HBOT) in healthy aging adults can prevent blood ce ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the UK and France have discussed a mechanism of action behind the infamous Toxoplasma gondii ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 18, 2020Technology
Using machine learning in drug discovery is no longer a novel procedure and has been well documented in recent literatur ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
At the present moment, there are no inhibitors that target protease activity of the novel SARS-CoV-2. The main proteases ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 18, 2020Cancer
One of the trickiest things about anti-cancer drug design is targeting. Today, most drugs on the market target critical ...Written By: Jasper CantrellNOV 17, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Mayo Clinic have found a link between children aged two and under taking antibiotics and an increased r ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 17, 2020Immunology
Last year, around 1.7 million people became infected with HIV, with around half of these being women. Encouraging result ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 17, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Over the years, the molecule nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) has gone from being a player in some biochemical p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2020Microbiology
Autism is a complex disorder that has sent researchers searching for what is causing it, as the rates continue to rise. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
For a long time cardiovascular issues related to the heart muscular wall have been addressed by therapeutics that target ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 15, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that fluvoxamine, a common ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 15, 2020Chemistry & Physics
New research published in Organic Letters from Purdue University scientists presents the design and development of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 15, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Cells have to be able to divide so new ones can replenish cells that get worn out, dysfunctional, or that accumulate dam ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2020Technology
Researchers have recently developed a unique virtual reality (VR) tool that can help in drug development? Particularly, ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 12, 2020Immunology
Some viral infections just don’t go away. The hepatitis C virus, for instance, can result in life-long chronic inf ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 11, 2020Cancer
Amongst the most common targets of anti-cancer drugs are small regulatory molecules called cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK ...Written By: Jasper CantrellNOV 10, 2020Immunology
In the middle of 2020, yet another deadly Ebola outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - the 11th ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 09, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Oxidants are reactive oxygen species known to be harmful to living organisms at high concentrations and have been linked ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 09, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A preliminary analysis of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine shows that it can prevent over 90% of people from c ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 09, 2020Microbiology
Camelids, which include llamas, alpacas and camels have immune systems that generate two kinds of antibodies when confro ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have found that a vaccine used for mumps, measles, and rubella (MMR) may be effective in protecting against
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 23, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Therapeutically relevant ion channels have inspired researchers to look into drugs that can regulate their activity. Ion
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 22, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Many people think that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound in cannabis, can reduce symptoms from various cond
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 22, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto have found that two synthetic cannabinoids available on prescri
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Israel have found that hyperbaric oxygen treatments (HBOT) in healthy aging adults can prevent blood ce
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the UK and France have discussed a mechanism of action behind the infamous Toxoplasma gondii
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 18, 2020
Technology
Using machine learning in drug discovery is no longer a novel procedure and has been well documented in recent literatur
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
At the present moment, there are no inhibitors that target protease activity of the novel SARS-CoV-2. The main proteases
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 18, 2020
Cancer
One of the trickiest things about anti-cancer drug design is targeting. Today, most drugs on the market target critical
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 17, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Mayo Clinic have found a link between children aged two and under taking antibiotics and an increased r
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 17, 2020
Immunology
Last year, around 1.7 million people became infected with HIV, with around half of these being women. Encouraging result
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 17, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Over the years, the molecule nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) has gone from being a player in some biochemical p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2020
Microbiology
Autism is a complex disorder that has sent researchers searching for what is causing it, as the rates continue to rise.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
For a long time cardiovascular issues related to the heart muscular wall have been addressed by therapeutics that target
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 15, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that fluvoxamine, a common
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 15, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
New research published in Organic Letters from Purdue University scientists presents the design and development of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 15, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Cells have to be able to divide so new ones can replenish cells that get worn out, dysfunctional, or that accumulate dam
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2020
Technology
Researchers have recently developed a unique virtual reality (VR) tool that can help in drug development? Particularly,
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 12, 2020
Immunology
Some viral infections just don’t go away. The hepatitis C virus, for instance, can result in life-long chronic inf
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 11, 2020
Cancer
Amongst the most common targets of anti-cancer drugs are small regulatory molecules called cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 10, 2020
Immunology
In the middle of 2020, yet another deadly Ebola outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - the 11th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 09, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Oxidants are reactive oxygen species known to be harmful to living organisms at high concentrations and have been linked
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 09, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A preliminary analysis of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine shows that it can prevent over 90% of people from c
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 09, 2020
Microbiology
Camelids, which include llamas, alpacas and camels have immune systems that generate two kinds of antibodies when confro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch