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Drug research
Drug research encompasses many processes which culminate in the development of drugs and pharmaceuticals. Drug discovery and development is a long and detailed endeavor including extensive research and testing of new drug modalities to ensure they are both safe and effective.
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NOV 29, 2017Health & Medicine
Learn about the conditions that medical cannabis has been approved to treat in some states in the US.Written By: Loren DeVitoNOV 28, 2017Genetics & Genomics
New research has found that garlic contains a compound that can fight chronic bacterial infections.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2017Immunology
Macular degeneration is considered to be an incurable eye disease, but a new discovery from University of Virginia scien ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 27, 2017Neuroscience
Everyone knows that opioids are dangerous if not prescribed cautiously and taken exactly as directed. Even when the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing health problem, one that already kills an estimated 23,000 people every year in the U ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 24, 2017Immunology
The majority of drugs available for people with autoimmune diseases are only designed to alleviate symptoms, as opposed ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 23, 2017Cardiology
Two diets that independently lower blood pressure have a greater synergistic effect on blood pressure when combined. Fro ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 23, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work by scientists at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute has found that a familiar and beloved spice ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2017Immunology
The three most common allergic diseases may share some of the same genetic risk factors, this according to the newest st ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 22, 2017Health & Medicine
In the United States, approximately 400,000 people are living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Worldwide the number jumps t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 22, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
The use of bispecific antibodies in cancer immunotherapiesWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 22, 2017Neuroscience
The blood-brain barrier has been referred to in research as the "holy grail." The purpose of it is to protect ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 22, 2017Health & Medicine
While medical cannabis use is becoming more and more widespread, you may have some commonly held misconceptions about th ...Written By: Loren DeVitoNOV 21, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
The blood brain barrier poses a challenge to drug discovery efforts when targeting the brainWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 21, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
We are using 3D organoids to unravel new therapies for a broad spectrum of human diseaseWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 21, 2017Cardiology
A common ingredient in cancer drugs could also be used to treat hypertension, or high blood pressure. From Georgetown Un ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Reports of the “first marijuana overdose death” made a huge splash in the headlines last week. But as sensat ...NOV 20, 2017Cancer
A substance found in an antiparasitic drug could block vital communication for prostate and colon cancer cells, a new st ...NOV 20, 2017Cardiology
UNC Chapel Hill lead researcher Jonathan Schisler, PhD, lost both of his grandfathers to heart disease, and now he is de ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 19, 2017Cancer
Cancer patients participating in clinical trials may have their expectations set too high, say researchers. In particula ...NOV 18, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
PSMA, currently used for successful in prostate cancer, is found to have potential utility for diagnostics and therapuet ...Written By: Courtney SchaalNOV 18, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists in Europe Use Genetically Modified Patient Stem Cells to Graft Whole Body SkinWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 17, 2017Cancer
Women who have seemingly beaten breast cancer may still be at risk for the cancer’s unceremonious return decades l ...NOV 17, 2017Cardiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a rare, genetic, neuromuscular disease that primarily affects males - leads to degeneratio ...Written By: Kara Marker
NOV 29, 2017
Health & Medicine
Learn about the conditions that medical cannabis has been approved to treat in some states in the US.
Written By:
Loren DeVito
NOV 28, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
New research has found that garlic contains a compound that can fight chronic bacterial infections.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2017
Immunology
Macular degeneration is considered to be an incurable eye disease, but a new discovery from University of Virginia scien
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 27, 2017
Neuroscience
Everyone knows that opioids are dangerous if not prescribed cautiously and taken exactly as directed. Even when the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing health problem, one that already kills an estimated 23,000 people every year in the U
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2017
Immunology
The majority of drugs available for people with autoimmune diseases are only designed to alleviate symptoms, as opposed
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 23, 2017
Cardiology
Two diets that independently lower blood pressure have a greater synergistic effect on blood pressure when combined. Fro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 23, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work by scientists at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute has found that a familiar and beloved spice
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2017
Immunology
The three most common allergic diseases may share some of the same genetic risk factors, this according to the newest st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 22, 2017
Health & Medicine
In the United States, approximately 400,000 people are living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Worldwide the number jumps t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 22, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
The use of bispecific antibodies in cancer immunotherapies
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 22, 2017
Neuroscience
The blood-brain barrier has been referred to in research as the "holy grail." The purpose of it is to protect
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 22, 2017
Health & Medicine
While medical cannabis use is becoming more and more widespread, you may have some commonly held misconceptions about th
...
Written By:
Loren DeVito
NOV 21, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
The blood brain barrier poses a challenge to drug discovery efforts when targeting the brain
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 21, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
We are using 3D organoids to unravel new therapies for a broad spectrum of human disease
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 21, 2017
Cardiology
A common ingredient in cancer drugs could also be used to treat hypertension, or high blood pressure. From Georgetown Un
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Reports of the “first marijuana overdose death” made a huge splash in the headlines last week. But as sensat
...
NOV 20, 2017
Cancer
A substance found in an antiparasitic drug could block vital communication for prostate and colon cancer cells, a new st
...
NOV 20, 2017
Cardiology
UNC Chapel Hill lead researcher Jonathan Schisler, PhD, lost both of his grandfathers to heart disease, and now he is de
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 19, 2017
Cancer
Cancer patients participating in clinical trials may have their expectations set too high, say researchers. In particula
...
NOV 18, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
PSMA, currently used for successful in prostate cancer, is found to have potential utility for diagnostics and therapuet
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 18, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists in Europe Use Genetically Modified Patient Stem Cells to Graft Whole Body Skin
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 17, 2017
Cancer
Women who have seemingly beaten breast cancer may still be at risk for the cancer’s unceremonious return decades l
...
NOV 17, 2017
Cardiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a rare, genetic, neuromuscular disease that primarily affects males - leads to degeneratio
...
Written By:
Kara Marker