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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 24, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers know that the viruses including SARS-CoV-2 have a Spike protein that allows them to bind to receptors on hos ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Upper respiratory tract infections are the most common reason for doctors to prescribe antibiotics. However, as most of ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 22, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have found that a drug currently used to treat bipolar disorder and hearing loss may also treat COVID-19 tha ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 21, 2020Cancer
Cancer cells are quite similar to normal cells in many ways, but it’s the small differences that really matter. On ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 21, 2020Immunology
Researchers have discovered a protein that can amplify immune reactions against tumors. The stimulator of interferon gen ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 19, 2020Immunology
When it comes to cancer biomarkers, it’s often the genetic signatures that are associated with poor patient outcom ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 19, 2020Cancer
Drug targets often focus on one thing, inhibiting or activating some critical function in a cell. Cancer drugs are no di ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute have discovered a method used by bacteria to develop antibio ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Aside from mental health applications, psychedelics are also known for their antiinflammatory effects. And now, a compan ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 16, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Despite the growing popularity of cannabis products, information is currently limited on how they may interact with othe ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 16, 2020Neuroscience
Depression is the world's leading source of disability. Now, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) h ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 16, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
While COVID-19 may not affect cats much, felines are known to contract another kind of coronavirus that can sometimes be ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 12, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Fast-tracking drugs in a safe and effective way can eventually save the lives of many from life-threatening diseases. Ne ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Rice University worked to program a bacterium, Escherichia coli, to produce a synthetic "noncanonica ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from Oxford University have shown that a single gene can make some strains of Staphylococcus aureus (the bact ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced the approval of Olinvyk (oliceridine), a new opioid that can help mana ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 11, 2020Immunology
Scientists have discovered a key protein that regulates the immune system to fight off infections. Fascinatingly, the pr ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 10, 2020Cardiology
When a blood clot forms in an artery that supplies the brain with oxygen, obstructing it, a stroke can occur. Strokes ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2020Plants & Animals
Thanks to a historic cartoon character, Tasmanian devils are commonly regarded as cantankerous and ferocious creatures. ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 07, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Excipients are chemical additives to medications. They are incorporated into all kinds of pharmaceuticals to fulfil ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
One of our current global threats is antibiotic resistance. As more biofilm-associated infections are ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 06, 2020Immunology
The human body has a sophisticated danger-sensing mechanism that alerts the immune system when something is not right. T ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 05, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at North Carolina State University have looked into microRNA (miRNA) for hair regrowth treatment. Their studi ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 05, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the Salk Institute have developed a new drug candidate that has successfully prevented Alzheimer's-re ...Written By: Annie Lennon
AUG 24, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers know that the viruses including SARS-CoV-2 have a Spike protein that allows them to bind to receptors on hos
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Upper respiratory tract infections are the most common reason for doctors to prescribe antibiotics. However, as most of
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 22, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have found that a drug currently used to treat bipolar disorder and hearing loss may also treat COVID-19 tha
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 21, 2020
Cancer
Cancer cells are quite similar to normal cells in many ways, but it’s the small differences that really matter. On
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 21, 2020
Immunology
Researchers have discovered a protein that can amplify immune reactions against tumors. The stimulator of interferon gen
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 19, 2020
Immunology
When it comes to cancer biomarkers, it’s often the genetic signatures that are associated with poor patient outcom
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 19, 2020
Cancer
Drug targets often focus on one thing, inhibiting or activating some critical function in a cell. Cancer drugs are no di
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute have discovered a method used by bacteria to develop antibio
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Aside from mental health applications, psychedelics are also known for their antiinflammatory effects. And now, a compan
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 16, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Despite the growing popularity of cannabis products, information is currently limited on how they may interact with othe
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 16, 2020
Neuroscience
Depression is the world's leading source of disability. Now, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) h
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 16, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
While COVID-19 may not affect cats much, felines are known to contract another kind of coronavirus that can sometimes be
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 12, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Fast-tracking drugs in a safe and effective way can eventually save the lives of many from life-threatening diseases. Ne
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Rice University worked to program a bacterium, Escherichia coli, to produce a synthetic "noncanonica
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from Oxford University have shown that a single gene can make some strains of Staphylococcus aureus (the bact
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced the approval of Olinvyk (oliceridine), a new opioid that can help mana
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 11, 2020
Immunology
Scientists have discovered a key protein that regulates the immune system to fight off infections. Fascinatingly, the pr
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 10, 2020
Cardiology
When a blood clot forms in an artery that supplies the brain with oxygen, obstructing it, a stroke can occur. Strokes ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2020
Plants & Animals
Thanks to a historic cartoon character, Tasmanian devils are commonly regarded as cantankerous and ferocious creatures.
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 07, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Excipients are chemical additives to medications. They are incorporated into all kinds of pharmaceuticals to fulfil
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
One of our current global threats is antibiotic resistance. As more biofilm-associated infections are
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 06, 2020
Immunology
The human body has a sophisticated danger-sensing mechanism that alerts the immune system when something is not right. T
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 05, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at North Carolina State University have looked into microRNA (miRNA) for hair regrowth treatment. Their studi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 05, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the Salk Institute have developed a new drug candidate that has successfully prevented Alzheimer's-re
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon