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Drug Resistance
Drug Resistance refers to microorganisms mutates and becomes insensitive to a drug that was previously effective. The term is used in the context of resistance that pathogens or cancers have "acquired", that is, resistance has evolved.
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MAY 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Many species of Campylobacter bacteria are infectious and can cause a disease called campylobacteriosis in animals and p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A therapeutic used for the treatment of schizophrenia could be a gateway for targeting glioblastoma, one of the deadlies ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 29, 2020Microbiology
Antibiotics are critical drugs that have saved millions of lives, but bacteria can also gain resistance to them, renderi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sepsis occurs when the body’s response to an infection injures i ...Written By: Lawrence RennaAPR 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made a breakthrough in our understanding of HIV infections.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2020Cancer
One of the more unique aspects of the human body is the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that protects the central nervous syst ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAPR 23, 2020Cancer
Acute Myeloid Leukemia, or AML, is an aggressive blood cancer with a poor 5-year prognosis. The primary targets of chemo ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAPR 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers were seeking a promising new strategy to challenge drug resistance in leukemia. They found that targeted low ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 19, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug, known as tucatinib or Tuksya, as a treatment for advanced f ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 17, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Resistance to chemotherapeutic use in caner patients is something that is inevitable. Continued resistance to these drug ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 15, 2020Neuroscience
For some time now, researchers have suspected that psilocybin, the hallucinogen chemical present in ‘magic mushroo ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
At St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, researchers discovered a fast-acting anti-malarial compound with promisi ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 31, 2020Cancer
Research published in the journal Molecular Cancer Research from collaborators at the University of Colorado C ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 30, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The gene enables bacteria to resist the effects of an aminoglycoside antibiotic called plazomycin.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 23, 2020Cancer
Axitinib is a small molecule drug that inhibits VEGFR tyrosine kinases 1, 2, and 3. Shown previously to potentially prev ...Written By: Jasper CantrellMAR 21, 2020Technology
Mutations in bacteria or even cancer cells can make them resistant to drug treatments—that means they no longer re ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Currently, no medicine nor vaccine has been approved as effective for the prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrom ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A pricey drug, called tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), is used to continuously treat the blood cancer Chronic Myeloid Le ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 15, 2020Microbiology
New research has suggested that after long-term follow-up, HIV is no longer detectable in a patient that was previously ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2020Technology
New technology may soon accelerate cancer therapeutic development. The revolutionary technique is called mass cytometry ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 14, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Molecular machines are small chemical structures that are capable of achieving mechanical tasks that's similar to th ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 13, 2020Immunology
A drug commonly used to treat certain types of malaria has been found to have some surprising synergistic effects: havin ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 05, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at Western University isolated a molecule from oranges and sweet tangerines called ‘nobiletin’. T ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 24, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Two approved therapeutics for treating leukemia are currently being investigated for treatment-resistant lung cancer. &n ...Written By: Nouran Amin
MAY 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Many species of Campylobacter bacteria are infectious and can cause a disease called campylobacteriosis in animals and p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A therapeutic used for the treatment of schizophrenia could be a gateway for targeting glioblastoma, one of the deadlies
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 29, 2020
Microbiology
Antibiotics are critical drugs that have saved millions of lives, but bacteria can also gain resistance to them, renderi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sepsis occurs when the body’s response to an infection injures i
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
APR 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made a breakthrough in our understanding of HIV infections.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2020
Cancer
One of the more unique aspects of the human body is the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that protects the central nervous syst
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
APR 23, 2020
Cancer
Acute Myeloid Leukemia, or AML, is an aggressive blood cancer with a poor 5-year prognosis. The primary targets of chemo
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
APR 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers were seeking a promising new strategy to challenge drug resistance in leukemia. They found that targeted low
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 19, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug, known as tucatinib or Tuksya, as a treatment for advanced f
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 17, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Resistance to chemotherapeutic use in caner patients is something that is inevitable. Continued resistance to these drug
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 15, 2020
Neuroscience
For some time now, researchers have suspected that psilocybin, the hallucinogen chemical present in ‘magic mushroo
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
At St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, researchers discovered a fast-acting anti-malarial compound with promisi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 31, 2020
Cancer
Research published in the journal Molecular Cancer Research from collaborators at the University of Colorado C
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 30, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The gene enables bacteria to resist the effects of an aminoglycoside antibiotic called plazomycin.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 23, 2020
Cancer
Axitinib is a small molecule drug that inhibits VEGFR tyrosine kinases 1, 2, and 3. Shown previously to potentially prev
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAR 21, 2020
Technology
Mutations in bacteria or even cancer cells can make them resistant to drug treatments—that means they no longer re
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Currently, no medicine nor vaccine has been approved as effective for the prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrom
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A pricey drug, called tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), is used to continuously treat the blood cancer Chronic Myeloid Le
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 15, 2020
Microbiology
New research has suggested that after long-term follow-up, HIV is no longer detectable in a patient that was previously
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2020
Technology
New technology may soon accelerate cancer therapeutic development. The revolutionary technique is called mass cytometry
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 14, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Molecular machines are small chemical structures that are capable of achieving mechanical tasks that's similar to th
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 13, 2020
Immunology
A drug commonly used to treat certain types of malaria has been found to have some surprising synergistic effects: havin
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 05, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at Western University isolated a molecule from oranges and sweet tangerines called ‘nobiletin’. T
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 24, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Two approved therapeutics for treating leukemia are currently being investigated for treatment-resistant lung cancer. &n
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin