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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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FEB 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer cells are exquisitely cunning – they mutate and adapt to escape the body’s own defense mechanisms, an ...FEB 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A vaginal ring that discreetly delivers a potent anti-HIV drug was reported to reduce overall HIV infections among young ...FEB 23, 2016Health & Medicine
Opioid addiction is a huge problem, with about 2 million Americans suffering from addiction to prescription pain relieve ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 19, 2016Videos
Researchers at Washington State University may have found an affordable and accessible treatment for rheumatoid arthriti ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 19, 2016Neuroscience
Approximately one million people in the U.S. have Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a progressive neurodegenerative disord ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 18, 2016Neuroscience
When researching treatments for neurological disorders like Parkinson’s Disease or Alzheimer’s Disease, scie ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 17, 2016Cardiology
Sildenafil is a drug infamous for treating erectile dysfunction, but a new study shows that the same blood vessel dilati ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 17, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the fight against childhood leukemia, small variables can have big effects in the successful outcomes for patients&rs ...FEB 16, 2016Cannabis Sciences
A variation of the ATK1 gene has been linked to people who develop psychosis. ATK1 encodes a “kinesin-like motor p ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 16, 2016Neuroscience
Resilience and susceptibility to depression are a complex mix of many factors. Understanding why some individuals are re ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 15, 2016Health & Medicine
A side effect of some medications is a change in the stiffness of white blood cells. The drugs tend to make the cells so ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 14, 2016Cancer
A new study links the use of computer surveys to systematically collect cancer patients’ symptoms to less frequent ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 13, 2016Videos
The link between the Zika virus and microcephaly could be confirmed "within weeks," according to the World Health Organi ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine a nanoscale needle that can pierce cells precisely and on command. Scientists from Harvard’s Wyss Institut ...FEB 12, 2016Cardiology
For diabetics, the threat of a heart attack is much more ominous than non-diabetics, because their prognosis is much wor ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 12, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have transformed mouse fibroblasts, the most common type of cell in mammalian connective tissue, into induce ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 12, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The cell is intelligently designed. Various membrane-bound organelles (mitochondria, lysosomes, etc) create their own pe ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 11, 2016Cardiology
Rare but deadly, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a disease where blood clots block the smallest blood vesse ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To stop an aggressive, lethal killer known as pancreatic cancer, scientists have devised a way to deliver a toxic chemo ...FEB 10, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Screening large “libraries” of compounds to find those with a desired biological activity is a powerful meth ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)FEB 10, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have found a chain of reactions within nerve cells that signal pain related to inflammation. Developing drug ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 10, 2016Videos
Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, extraordinary progress has been made in understanding the reach and im ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 09, 2016Health & Medicine
Obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic conditions are a huge problem for which there is not yet an effective solution. A ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 08, 2016Neuroscience
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder, which impairs communication and social interaction skills. The CDC reports that ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer cells are exquisitely cunning – they mutate and adapt to escape the body’s own defense mechanisms, an
...
FEB 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A vaginal ring that discreetly delivers a potent anti-HIV drug was reported to reduce overall HIV infections among young
...
FEB 23, 2016
Health & Medicine
Opioid addiction is a huge problem, with about 2 million Americans suffering from addiction to prescription pain relieve
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 19, 2016
Videos
Researchers at Washington State University may have found an affordable and accessible treatment for rheumatoid arthriti
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 19, 2016
Neuroscience
Approximately one million people in the U.S. have Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a progressive neurodegenerative disord
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 18, 2016
Neuroscience
When researching treatments for neurological disorders like Parkinson’s Disease or Alzheimer’s Disease, scie
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 17, 2016
Cardiology
Sildenafil is a drug infamous for treating erectile dysfunction, but a new study shows that the same blood vessel dilati
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 17, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the fight against childhood leukemia, small variables can have big effects in the successful outcomes for patients&rs
...
FEB 16, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
A variation of the ATK1 gene has been linked to people who develop psychosis. ATK1 encodes a “kinesin-like motor p
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 16, 2016
Neuroscience
Resilience and susceptibility to depression are a complex mix of many factors. Understanding why some individuals are re
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
A side effect of some medications is a change in the stiffness of white blood cells. The drugs tend to make the cells so
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 14, 2016
Cancer
A new study links the use of computer surveys to systematically collect cancer patients’ symptoms to less frequent
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 13, 2016
Videos
The link between the Zika virus and microcephaly could be confirmed "within weeks," according to the World Health Organi
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine a nanoscale needle that can pierce cells precisely and on command. Scientists from Harvard’s Wyss Institut
...
FEB 12, 2016
Cardiology
For diabetics, the threat of a heart attack is much more ominous than non-diabetics, because their prognosis is much wor
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have transformed mouse fibroblasts, the most common type of cell in mammalian connective tissue, into induce
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The cell is intelligently designed. Various membrane-bound organelles (mitochondria, lysosomes, etc) create their own pe
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 11, 2016
Cardiology
Rare but deadly, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a disease where blood clots block the smallest blood vesse
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To stop an aggressive, lethal killer known as pancreatic cancer, scientists have devised a way to deliver a toxic chemo
...
FEB 10, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Screening large “libraries” of compounds to find those with a desired biological activity is a powerful meth
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
FEB 10, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have found a chain of reactions within nerve cells that signal pain related to inflammation. Developing drug
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 10, 2016
Videos
Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, extraordinary progress has been made in understanding the reach and im
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 09, 2016
Health & Medicine
Obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic conditions are a huge problem for which there is not yet an effective solution. A
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 08, 2016
Neuroscience
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder, which impairs communication and social interaction skills. The CDC reports that
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim