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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 29, 2020Neuroscience
Around 5.5 million people in the US suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease. Now, research has found that reducing the bod ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 28, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
As the search for a treatment for coronavirus continues, a perhaps obscure-sounding candidate has begun to make headline ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 28, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Knowing whether you’ve had the virus or not may not just reduce your need to panic- but also better help epidemiol ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 28, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
In recent weeks, the US has struggled to supply enough tests to detect the coronavirus. Now, however, this may change th ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 24, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Cataclysmic bombshells to society- be they actual bombshells by means of war, or metaphorical ones by natural catastroph ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 23, 2020Cancer
Axitinib is a small molecule drug that inhibits VEGFR tyrosine kinases 1, 2, and 3. Shown previously to potentially prev ...Written By: Jasper CantrellMAR 23, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
It’s easy to complain about the role of big pharma in medicine-making and the hassle of dealing with protective pa ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 23, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Donald Trump has called on researchers to “slash red tape like nobody has even done it before” to accelerate ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 22, 2020Cancer
Research published recently in Nature Communications highlights a new method of mapping an essential family of polysacch ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 21, 2020Technology
Mutations in bacteria or even cancer cells can make them resistant to drug treatments—that means they no longer re ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 20, 2020Technology
Researchers have recently developed solid material that can control the release of physiologically favorable gases. The ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Currently, no medicine nor vaccine has been approved as effective for the prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrom ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 20, 2020Health & Medicine
Since the announcement of a French Health Minister in recent days linking usage of ibuprofen and other non-steroidal ant ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 19, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
In the race to halt the current coronavirus pandemic, scientists, health experts and even Elon Musk are considering chlo ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 19, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
As panic is spreading over the novel coronavirus, the time is ripe for both misinformation and disinformation to thrive. ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A pricey drug, called tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), is used to continuously treat the blood cancer Chronic Myeloid Le ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 18, 2020Genetics & Genomics
When developing fetuses are exposed to any amount of alcohol, they are at risk for a variety of irreversible birth defec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Common drug treatments used in cattle, such as de-worming and anti-ectoparasitic products, have held effect on wildlife ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 16, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The immune molecule interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a growth factor that stimulates the immune system to produce T-cells. Their ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 16, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Liraglutide is a drug targeted to help treat obesity by suppressing appetite, thus making the patient lose weight. Howev ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 16, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Creating recombinant proteins has become much easier over the past few decades. However, those with the skills to do des ...Written By: Jasper CantrellMAR 14, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Isotretinoin is a highly effective marketed treatment for acne that has long been believed to have an association with t ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 14, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Molecular machines are small chemical structures that are capable of achieving mechanical tasks that's similar to th ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Ibuprofen is a popular painkiller and over-the-counter (OTC) that belongs to a group of drugs referred to as nonsteroida ...Written By: Nouran Amin
MAR 29, 2020
Neuroscience
Around 5.5 million people in the US suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease. Now, research has found that reducing the bod
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 28, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
As the search for a treatment for coronavirus continues, a perhaps obscure-sounding candidate has begun to make headline
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 28, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Knowing whether you’ve had the virus or not may not just reduce your need to panic- but also better help epidemiol
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 28, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
In recent weeks, the US has struggled to supply enough tests to detect the coronavirus. Now, however, this may change th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 24, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Cataclysmic bombshells to society- be they actual bombshells by means of war, or metaphorical ones by natural catastroph
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 23, 2020
Cancer
Axitinib is a small molecule drug that inhibits VEGFR tyrosine kinases 1, 2, and 3. Shown previously to potentially prev
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAR 23, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
It’s easy to complain about the role of big pharma in medicine-making and the hassle of dealing with protective pa
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 23, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Donald Trump has called on researchers to “slash red tape like nobody has even done it before” to accelerate
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 22, 2020
Cancer
Research published recently in Nature Communications highlights a new method of mapping an essential family of polysacch
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 21, 2020
Technology
Mutations in bacteria or even cancer cells can make them resistant to drug treatments—that means they no longer re
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 20, 2020
Technology
Researchers have recently developed solid material that can control the release of physiologically favorable gases. The
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Currently, no medicine nor vaccine has been approved as effective for the prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrom
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 20, 2020
Health & Medicine
Since the announcement of a French Health Minister in recent days linking usage of ibuprofen and other non-steroidal ant
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 19, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
In the race to halt the current coronavirus pandemic, scientists, health experts and even Elon Musk are considering chlo
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 19, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
As panic is spreading over the novel coronavirus, the time is ripe for both misinformation and disinformation to thrive.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A pricey drug, called tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), is used to continuously treat the blood cancer Chronic Myeloid Le
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 18, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
When developing fetuses are exposed to any amount of alcohol, they are at risk for a variety of irreversible birth defec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Common drug treatments used in cattle, such as de-worming and anti-ectoparasitic products, have held effect on wildlife
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 16, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The immune molecule interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a growth factor that stimulates the immune system to produce T-cells. Their
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 16, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Liraglutide is a drug targeted to help treat obesity by suppressing appetite, thus making the patient lose weight. Howev
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 16, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Creating recombinant proteins has become much easier over the past few decades. However, those with the skills to do des
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAR 14, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Isotretinoin is a highly effective marketed treatment for acne that has long been believed to have an association with t
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 14, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Molecular machines are small chemical structures that are capable of achieving mechanical tasks that's similar to th
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Ibuprofen is a popular painkiller and over-the-counter (OTC) that belongs to a group of drugs referred to as nonsteroida
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin