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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 18, 2014Neuroscience
Using powerful, newly developed cell culture and mouse models of sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), a team of researcher ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 17, 2014Immunology
Necessity is the mother of invention and that's what happened in the Soviet Union when they didn't have access to leadin ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 04, 2014Health & Medicine
A collaboration between Netherlands-based arGEN-X -- a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating and ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 29, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Synthetic biology uses elemental building blocks and an engineering approach to create biological systems for specific u ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAY 23, 2014Neuroscience
A team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, UC Berkeley and Charité-Univer ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 19, 2014Genetics & Genomics
After a decade-long effort a team of more than 140 scientists have deciphered the tsetse fly's (Glossina morsitans) geno ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAY 16, 2014Neuroscience
A study published in the April 23 issue of JAMA showed that the sedative drugs diazepam (Valium) and lorazepam (Ativan) ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 02, 2014Genetics & Genomics
DNA nanorobots sound like something out of the X-Files, but it isn't science fiction - the concept has already been prov ...APR 28, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
People suffering from mitochondrial disease and those who have an extended history of alcoholism have the common symptom ...APR 22, 2014Technology
Among molecules, ethanol is one of the simplest: Two carbons, six hydrogens, and a hydroxyl group. And like other simple ...APR 03, 2014Technology
Animal testing is a distasteful part of chemical and drug development, and some have argued that it is unnecessary and/o ...MAR 25, 2014Microbiology
Antibiotics have become increasingly less effective in the last few years, due in part to overuse and the subsequent res ...FEB 04, 2014Chemistry & Physics
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are gaining attention in the chemical world for a variety of novel uses. In essence, the ...JAN 31, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Can you lose weight by inducing fat cells to burn other fat cells? That's a little simplistic, but that's the gist of a ...JAN 22, 2014Health & Medicine
The placebo effect, where people receive dummy medications but report improvement in their condition anyway, has long be ...JAN 20, 2014Neuroscience
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in the worlds of microbiology and neurochemistry, it can be worth even more ...DEC 26, 2013Genetics & Genomics
While DNA forms the basis of life, it can also go astray, causing problems within the human body. One such variety of tr ...DEC 20, 2013Chemistry & Physics
Crystalline cellulose structures are known to have great strength compared to their weight, but quantifying this on the ...DEC 18, 2013Chemistry & Physics
Reasoning and decision-making at the molecular level could lead to incredible advances in biotechnology (as well as othe ...DEC 08, 2013Cell & Molecular Biology
In a historic first, human stem cells have been coaxed to transforming into living, functioning lung and airway cells. A ...
JUN 18, 2014
Neuroscience
Using powerful, newly developed cell culture and mouse models of sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), a team of researcher
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 17, 2014
Immunology
Necessity is the mother of invention and that's what happened in the Soviet Union when they didn't have access to leadin
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUN 04, 2014
Health & Medicine
A collaboration between Netherlands-based arGEN-X -- a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating and
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 29, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Synthetic biology uses elemental building blocks and an engineering approach to create biological systems for specific u
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 23, 2014
Neuroscience
A team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, UC Berkeley and Charité-Univer
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 19, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
After a decade-long effort a team of more than 140 scientists have deciphered the tsetse fly's (Glossina morsitans) geno
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 16, 2014
Neuroscience
A study published in the April 23 issue of JAMA showed that the sedative drugs diazepam (Valium) and lorazepam (Ativan)
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 02, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
DNA nanorobots sound like something out of the X-Files, but it isn't science fiction - the concept has already been prov
...
APR 28, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
People suffering from mitochondrial disease and those who have an extended history of alcoholism have the common symptom
...
APR 22, 2014
Technology
Among molecules, ethanol is one of the simplest: Two carbons, six hydrogens, and a hydroxyl group. And like other simple
...
APR 03, 2014
Technology
Animal testing is a distasteful part of chemical and drug development, and some have argued that it is unnecessary and/o
...
MAR 25, 2014
Microbiology
Antibiotics have become increasingly less effective in the last few years, due in part to overuse and the subsequent res
...
FEB 04, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are gaining attention in the chemical world for a variety of novel uses. In essence, the
...
JAN 31, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Can you lose weight by inducing fat cells to burn other fat cells? That's a little simplistic, but that's the gist of a
...
JAN 22, 2014
Health & Medicine
The placebo effect, where people receive dummy medications but report improvement in their condition anyway, has long be
...
JAN 20, 2014
Neuroscience
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in the worlds of microbiology and neurochemistry, it can be worth even more
...
DEC 26, 2013
Genetics & Genomics
While DNA forms the basis of life, it can also go astray, causing problems within the human body. One such variety of tr
...
DEC 20, 2013
Chemistry & Physics
Crystalline cellulose structures are known to have great strength compared to their weight, but quantifying this on the
...
DEC 18, 2013
Chemistry & Physics
Reasoning and decision-making at the molecular level could lead to incredible advances in biotechnology (as well as othe
...
DEC 08, 2013
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a historic first, human stem cells have been coaxed to transforming into living, functioning lung and airway cells. A
...