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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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FEB 23, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Can we preserve brain cells even after years of hopeless research? Apparently, yes—according to a recent study pub ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 23, 2020Cancer
New research published in Genes and Development has identified one of the mysteries of aging. According to scientists at ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Studies on rats revealed that two existing drugs can boost repair machinery by triggering the release of bone marrow ste ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 21, 2020Health & Medicine
As of February 21st, the death toll for coronavirus reached 2,250, 55,707 currently infected, of which 12,066 (22%) are ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 21, 2020Health & Medicine
A new study suggests that heavy marijuana users have the potential to be dangerous drivers. However, hazardous driving a ...FEB 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Using AI, researchers at MIT have found a powerful new antibiotic capable of killing some of the most dangerous drug-res ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics for superbug infections? A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claims tha ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 19, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Pregnant women prescribed macrolide antibiotics during the first trimester of pregnancy place their children at an incre ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 18, 2020Microbiology
The overuse and misuse of antibiotics and the adaptability of microbes has created a problem that people must solve.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2020Cancer
Research published today in Nature Methods reports a new technique of “listening” to cancer cells. Whil ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 13, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Around 500,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease every year, and the rate of the disease is rising.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A drug by the name of ‘rosiglitazone’ used to treat type 2 diabetes was found to be associated with increase ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 12, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Over 45,000 cases of Wuhan Coronavirus have been reported globally, alongside over 1,100 deaths. Although over 4,700 peo ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 11, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis products have become increasingly popular. Yet, as they are still relatively new to the market, research has fo ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 10, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
An antiviral drug successfully prevented Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in infected rhesus maca ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 10, 2020Cancer
A study published recently in the journal Cancer Research showcases the findings from new research on pancreatic ca ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 10, 2020Cardiology
Over time, atherosclerosis, a disease that causes fatty plaques to build up in the arteries, limits the flow of oxygen-r ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 08, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Brain-eating amoebas lead to high rates of mortality as a result of encephalitis. In fact, more than 95% of people who d ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 08, 2020Cancer
A follow-up to a study originally published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology in 2016 reports the long-term bene ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
So far, coronavirus has infected over 31,493 people globally, and has killed 638. Although 1,563 people have reportedly ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 04, 2020Cancer
Researchers from Osaka University have recently discovered a new function of the multifunctional enzyme entitled serine ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 03, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have recently discovered how a powerful class of HIV drugs bind to a key piece of HIV machinery. Their findi ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 02, 2020Microbiology
A coronavirus causes MERS, which currently has no treatment. This work may help change that.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Machine learning algorithms are increasingly being applied to the vast amount of genetic data that has been generated ov ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Can we preserve brain cells even after years of hopeless research? Apparently, yes—according to a recent study pub
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 23, 2020
Cancer
New research published in Genes and Development has identified one of the mysteries of aging. According to scientists at
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Studies on rats revealed that two existing drugs can boost repair machinery by triggering the release of bone marrow ste
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 21, 2020
Health & Medicine
As of February 21st, the death toll for coronavirus reached 2,250, 55,707 currently infected, of which 12,066 (22%) are
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 21, 2020
Health & Medicine
A new study suggests that heavy marijuana users have the potential to be dangerous drivers. However, hazardous driving a
...
FEB 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Using AI, researchers at MIT have found a powerful new antibiotic capable of killing some of the most dangerous drug-res
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics for superbug infections? A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claims tha
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 19, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Pregnant women prescribed macrolide antibiotics during the first trimester of pregnancy place their children at an incre
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 18, 2020
Microbiology
The overuse and misuse of antibiotics and the adaptability of microbes has created a problem that people must solve.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2020
Cancer
Research published today in Nature Methods reports a new technique of “listening” to cancer cells. Whil
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 13, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Around 500,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease every year, and the rate of the disease is rising.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A drug by the name of ‘rosiglitazone’ used to treat type 2 diabetes was found to be associated with increase
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 12, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Over 45,000 cases of Wuhan Coronavirus have been reported globally, alongside over 1,100 deaths. Although over 4,700 peo
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 11, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis products have become increasingly popular. Yet, as they are still relatively new to the market, research has fo
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 10, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
An antiviral drug successfully prevented Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in infected rhesus maca
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 10, 2020
Cancer
A study published recently in the journal Cancer Research showcases the findings from new research on pancreatic ca
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 10, 2020
Cardiology
Over time, atherosclerosis, a disease that causes fatty plaques to build up in the arteries, limits the flow of oxygen-r
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 08, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Brain-eating amoebas lead to high rates of mortality as a result of encephalitis. In fact, more than 95% of people who d
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 08, 2020
Cancer
A follow-up to a study originally published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology in 2016 reports the long-term bene
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
So far, coronavirus has infected over 31,493 people globally, and has killed 638. Although 1,563 people have reportedly
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 04, 2020
Cancer
Researchers from Osaka University have recently discovered a new function of the multifunctional enzyme entitled serine
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 03, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have recently discovered how a powerful class of HIV drugs bind to a key piece of HIV machinery. Their findi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 02, 2020
Microbiology
A coronavirus causes MERS, which currently has no treatment. This work may help change that.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Machine learning algorithms are increasingly being applied to the vast amount of genetic data that has been generated ov
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch