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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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MAR 12, 2016Immunology
A new study of gut bacteria in premature infants highlights the problem of antibiotic resistance and stresses how extrem ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To fight cancer, doctors often resort to aggressive treatments that include surgery followed by secondary chemotherapies ...MAR 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials have long suspected a correlation between the Zika virus and microcephaly, but they didn’t know t ...MAR 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
As researchers are still working on a cure for Alzheimer’s, early diagnosis remains a critical step in treatment a ...MAR 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found evidence that a lack of stem cells in the womb lining is causing thousands of women to suffer from ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Natural killer cells that can kill and contain viruses and cancerous tumors can be manipulated by epigenetics, a finding ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 09, 2016Microbiology
This just in, antibiotic resistance doesn’t spread through meat products. Researchers from Colorado State Universi ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Screening melanoma patients’ blood could allow doctors to predict chances of cancer relapse. According to a new st ...MAR 09, 2016Neuroscience
While the field of neuroscience isn’t known for flash or glamour, the Brain Prize is definitely a prestigious and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the world of medical surgeries, smaller incisions could often mean less infection risk and faster recovery time. To h ...MAR 08, 2016Cardiology
Malaria killed about 440,000 people—mostly young children—last year, but a new drug candidate may help fight ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 08, 2016Immunology
Scientists have grown tiny, barely visible “mini-brains.” These balls of neurons and other human cells mimic ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 06, 2016Microbiology
An unhealthy shift in your gut microbes might cause you to gain weight by changing how many calories you burn while you ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 06, 2016Cancer
Omega-3 fatty acids fight inflammation, which may explain why they seems to lower the risk of breast cancer in postmenop ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 05, 2016Health & Medicine
Your body needs cholesterol. Cholesterol plays a vital role in the synthesis of steroid hormones, vitamin D, and bile ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 04, 2016Health & Medicine
Without a system of protein interactions to govern when organisms like humans feel hungry and compelled to eat, there&rs ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new small-molecule drug was recently shown to protect Rhesus monkeys from the Ebola virus, decreasing viral loads sign ...MAR 03, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, scientists have turned skin cells into cancer-hunting stem cells that destroy brain tumors known as ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 01, 2016Cardiology
Doctors often prescribe antiarrhythmic drugs for patients experiencing atrial fibrillation (AF). While these drugs do wo ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 29, 2016Health & Medicine
Scientists have discovered that cancellous bone exhibits unique material properties designed to allow the bone to bounce ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 29, 2016Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB is what protects the brain from harmful substances that enter the bloodstream. It acts a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Survival of the fittest has a generally positive connotation. After all, this evolutionary principle is the driving forc ...FEB 26, 2016Videos
Marijuana has been a popular drug long before it was legalized across several states in the US. This plant shows up in t ...FEB 25, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Cellular reprogramming has been a hot topic in translational and regenerative medicine ever since it was first described ...
MAR 12, 2016
Immunology
A new study of gut bacteria in premature infants highlights the problem of antibiotic resistance and stresses how extrem
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To fight cancer, doctors often resort to aggressive treatments that include surgery followed by secondary chemotherapies
...
MAR 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials have long suspected a correlation between the Zika virus and microcephaly, but they didn’t know t
...
MAR 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
As researchers are still working on a cure for Alzheimer’s, early diagnosis remains a critical step in treatment a
...
MAR 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found evidence that a lack of stem cells in the womb lining is causing thousands of women to suffer from
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Natural killer cells that can kill and contain viruses and cancerous tumors can be manipulated by epigenetics, a finding
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 09, 2016
Microbiology
This just in, antibiotic resistance doesn’t spread through meat products. Researchers from Colorado State Universi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Screening melanoma patients’ blood could allow doctors to predict chances of cancer relapse. According to a new st
...
MAR 09, 2016
Neuroscience
While the field of neuroscience isn’t known for flash or glamour, the Brain Prize is definitely a prestigious and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the world of medical surgeries, smaller incisions could often mean less infection risk and faster recovery time. To h
...
MAR 08, 2016
Cardiology
Malaria killed about 440,000 people—mostly young children—last year, but a new drug candidate may help fight
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 08, 2016
Immunology
Scientists have grown tiny, barely visible “mini-brains.” These balls of neurons and other human cells mimic
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 06, 2016
Microbiology
An unhealthy shift in your gut microbes might cause you to gain weight by changing how many calories you burn while you
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 06, 2016
Cancer
Omega-3 fatty acids fight inflammation, which may explain why they seems to lower the risk of breast cancer in postmenop
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 05, 2016
Health & Medicine
Your body needs cholesterol. Cholesterol plays a vital role in the synthesis of steroid hormones, vitamin D, and bile
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 04, 2016
Health & Medicine
Without a system of protein interactions to govern when organisms like humans feel hungry and compelled to eat, there&rs
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new small-molecule drug was recently shown to protect Rhesus monkeys from the Ebola virus, decreasing viral loads sign
...
MAR 03, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, scientists have turned skin cells into cancer-hunting stem cells that destroy brain tumors known as
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 01, 2016
Cardiology
Doctors often prescribe antiarrhythmic drugs for patients experiencing atrial fibrillation (AF). While these drugs do wo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
Scientists have discovered that cancellous bone exhibits unique material properties designed to allow the bone to bounce
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 29, 2016
Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB is what protects the brain from harmful substances that enter the bloodstream. It acts a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Survival of the fittest has a generally positive connotation. After all, this evolutionary principle is the driving forc
...
FEB 26, 2016
Videos
Marijuana has been a popular drug long before it was legalized across several states in the US. This plant shows up in t
...
FEB 25, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cellular reprogramming has been a hot topic in translational and regenerative medicine ever since it was first described
...