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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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JUN 01, 2017Immunology
When is someone “cured” of HIV? If there is such a state reachable with drug therapies, how can a doctor tel ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 01, 2017Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is a ruthless killer - about three-quarters of patients don’t make it past the one-year mark fro ...MAY 31, 2017Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioMAY 31, 2017Health & Medicine
Activating the body's own immune system to fight cancer is the goal of immunotherapy. It's less toxic ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioMAY 31, 2017Health & Medicine
It’s possible to reverse the damaging effects of methamphetamine abuse on the heart by quitting the drug when it&r ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 31, 2017Microbiology
Scientists have taken a major step forward in the fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (a.k.a. SESAME) Research Center ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 30, 2017Health & Medicine
Nearly 40,000 study participants helped scientists discover 16 novel genetic markers associated with psoriasis, joining ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 30, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Methylene blue is a common, inexpensive antioxidant that's been shown to have efficacy against aging; new work confirmed ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 29, 2017Neuroscience
There is no known cure or treatment for autism, but that doesn’t stop researchers from looking for any possible op ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 28, 2017Microbiology
Polyomaviruses can lead to serious health complications like cancer. New work has provided insight into a question resea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers that set out to study metabolism in cancer cells came to an interesting conclusion - some kinds of cancer ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2017Cancer
For the first time, the US FDA approved a cancer drug for patients based on presence of genetic biomarkers. Whereas canc ...MAY 26, 2017Immunology
How does the Ebola virus prevent immune cells from doing their job - protecting the body from infection - if it d ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have made a breakthrough in the imaging of living cells that has settled a debate about the cell membrane.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2017Health & Medicine
Vaccines to prevent influenza infection have to change and adapt every year to the ever-evolving virus, and even ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 24, 2017Chemistry & Physics
A slingshot is often associated with the children’s toy and mischievous behaviors. But now it might just become a ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 22, 2017Cancer
A cancer drug that’s considered a game-changer for leukemia and lymphoma could also be a game-changer for allergy ...MAY 22, 2017Immunology
Three new approaches to anticancer drug therapy were combined in a recent study to simultaneously maximize destruction o ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 22, 2017Neuroscience
Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), together with teams from Yokohama School of Med ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 20, 2017Microbiology
Enterococci, so-called superbugs that plague hospitals, have been around since terrestrial life began.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2017Cancer
Zika was a relatively an unknown name in the Americas until around 2015 when the outbreak in Brazil caught the world&rsq ...MAY 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
In January 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the end to the largest Ebola outbreak in histor ...MAY 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that a folk remedy to decrease fertility have the ability to block an important part of the ferti ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2017
Immunology
When is someone “cured” of HIV? If there is such a state reachable with drug therapies, how can a doctor tel
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 01, 2017
Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is a ruthless killer - about three-quarters of patients don’t make it past the one-year mark fro
...
MAY 31, 2017
Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
MAY 31, 2017
Health & Medicine
Activating the body's own immune system to fight cancer is the goal of immunotherapy. It's less toxic
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
MAY 31, 2017
Health & Medicine
It’s possible to reverse the damaging effects of methamphetamine abuse on the heart by quitting the drug when it&r
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 31, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists have taken a major step forward in the fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (a.k.a. SESAME) Research Center
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 30, 2017
Health & Medicine
Nearly 40,000 study participants helped scientists discover 16 novel genetic markers associated with psoriasis, joining
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 30, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Methylene blue is a common, inexpensive antioxidant that's been shown to have efficacy against aging; new work confirmed
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2017
Neuroscience
There is no known cure or treatment for autism, but that doesn’t stop researchers from looking for any possible op
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 28, 2017
Microbiology
Polyomaviruses can lead to serious health complications like cancer. New work has provided insight into a question resea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers that set out to study metabolism in cancer cells came to an interesting conclusion - some kinds of cancer ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2017
Cancer
For the first time, the US FDA approved a cancer drug for patients based on presence of genetic biomarkers. Whereas canc
...
MAY 26, 2017
Immunology
How does the Ebola virus prevent immune cells from doing their job - protecting the body from infection - if it d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have made a breakthrough in the imaging of living cells that has settled a debate about the cell membrane.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
Vaccines to prevent influenza infection have to change and adapt every year to the ever-evolving virus, and even
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
A slingshot is often associated with the children’s toy and mischievous behaviors. But now it might just become a
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 22, 2017
Cancer
A cancer drug that’s considered a game-changer for leukemia and lymphoma could also be a game-changer for allergy
...
MAY 22, 2017
Immunology
Three new approaches to anticancer drug therapy were combined in a recent study to simultaneously maximize destruction o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 22, 2017
Neuroscience
Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), together with teams from Yokohama School of Med
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 20, 2017
Microbiology
Enterococci, so-called superbugs that plague hospitals, have been around since terrestrial life began.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2017
Cancer
Zika was a relatively an unknown name in the Americas until around 2015 when the outbreak in Brazil caught the world&rsq
...
MAY 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
In January 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the end to the largest Ebola outbreak in histor
...
MAY 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that a folk remedy to decrease fertility have the ability to block an important part of the ferti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch