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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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OCT 04, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his influential work inves ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A quality control survey of clinical trials in China has revealed gross misconduct in how the data for these trials were ...OCT 02, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Decoy sequences of DNA are able to interfere with gene expression, and in ways that are not yet well understood. New fin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2016Microbiology
There has been a lot of talk about antibiotic resistance in recent years; it’s a growing problem that science has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have found a critical link between all types of Parkinson’s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When the mind isn’t doing well, doctors can find clues in the body. In particular, scientists in the UK recently f ...SEP 30, 2016Videos
Some vaccines can prevent diseases but what they are really meant to do is provoke an immune response in the body. That ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 29, 2016Cardiology
Statin drugs are approved by the FDA to lower LDL cholesterol, so-called “bad cholesterol,” as a treatment f ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 29, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health. Researchers have begun to look for novel ways to fight ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2016Chemistry & Physics
This Material Can Change Shape on Its Own - Programmable Shape ShiftingWritten By: Jennifer EllisSEP 26, 2016Immunology
A new drug candidate for multiple sclerosis (MS) was successfully tested in mice models of the disease. The drug, called ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 23, 2016Microbiology
Albufera Lake in Valencia, Spain is a lagoon that set the stage for a recent study analyzing the ability of moths to tol ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2016Cancer
Earlier this week, I reported that scientists discovered how some cancers apparently switched off their sweet tooth to b ...SEP 23, 2016Microbiology
Holy magnetic bacteria, Batman! Researchers at the Polytechnique Montreal NanoRobotics Laboratory want to use magnetic b ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 22, 2016Neuroscience
With autism statistics at 1 in 68 children, the search for information on the causes and possible treatments is a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Powerful New Research Tool Reveals How Tecfidera® Blocks T-Cell Activation LA JOLLA, CA—September 21, 2016&mda ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 20, 2016Immunology
After years of research and improvements, antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a reliably effective way to prevent an infecti ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 20, 2016Immunology
Norovirus is the most common viral cause of diarrhea worldwide, but because of an inability to grow it in a lab, scienti ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)SEP 19, 2016Immunology
Yersinia pestis, the bacterial species responsible for numerous and deadly outbreaks of plague throughout human history, ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 19, 2016Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to drugs are an ever-increasing public health threat, with the Centers for Disease Control a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the past year, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even vocal cords tha ...SEP 17, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) affects nearly half of all men aged 51 - 60 and 90 percent of men older than 80 years ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The leaves of a plant indigenous to Southeast Asia were recently added to the list of banned substances in the US. This ...SEP 16, 2016Microbiology
Pathogenic microbes can cause serious damage to our intestinal lining that must be repaired by our body. New research pu ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his influential work inves
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A quality control survey of clinical trials in China has revealed gross misconduct in how the data for these trials were
...
OCT 02, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Decoy sequences of DNA are able to interfere with gene expression, and in ways that are not yet well understood. New fin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2016
Microbiology
There has been a lot of talk about antibiotic resistance in recent years; it’s a growing problem that science has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have found a critical link between all types of Parkinson’s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When the mind isn’t doing well, doctors can find clues in the body. In particular, scientists in the UK recently f
...
SEP 30, 2016
Videos
Some vaccines can prevent diseases but what they are really meant to do is provoke an immune response in the body. That
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 29, 2016
Cardiology
Statin drugs are approved by the FDA to lower LDL cholesterol, so-called “bad cholesterol,” as a treatment f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 29, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health. Researchers have begun to look for novel ways to fight
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
This Material Can Change Shape on Its Own - Programmable Shape Shifting
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 26, 2016
Immunology
A new drug candidate for multiple sclerosis (MS) was successfully tested in mice models of the disease. The drug, called
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 23, 2016
Microbiology
Albufera Lake in Valencia, Spain is a lagoon that set the stage for a recent study analyzing the ability of moths to tol
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2016
Cancer
Earlier this week, I reported that scientists discovered how some cancers apparently switched off their sweet tooth to b
...
SEP 23, 2016
Microbiology
Holy magnetic bacteria, Batman! Researchers at the Polytechnique Montreal NanoRobotics Laboratory want to use magnetic b
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 22, 2016
Neuroscience
With autism statistics at 1 in 68 children, the search for information on the causes and possible treatments is a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Powerful New Research Tool Reveals How Tecfidera® Blocks T-Cell Activation LA JOLLA, CA—September 21, 2016&mda
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 20, 2016
Immunology
After years of research and improvements, antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a reliably effective way to prevent an infecti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 20, 2016
Immunology
Norovirus is the most common viral cause of diarrhea worldwide, but because of an inability to grow it in a lab, scienti
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
SEP 19, 2016
Immunology
Yersinia pestis, the bacterial species responsible for numerous and deadly outbreaks of plague throughout human history,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 19, 2016
Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to drugs are an ever-increasing public health threat, with the Centers for Disease Control a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the past year, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even vocal cords tha
...
SEP 17, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) affects nearly half of all men aged 51 - 60 and 90 percent of men older than 80 years
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The leaves of a plant indigenous to Southeast Asia were recently added to the list of banned substances in the US. This
...
SEP 16, 2016
Microbiology
Pathogenic microbes can cause serious damage to our intestinal lining that must be repaired by our body. New research pu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch