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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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APR 04, 2016Cancer
How do doctors and cancer patients know if their chemotherapy or radiation treatments are working to kill the tumor? Qui ...APR 01, 2016Cancer
A big issue in developing treatments for cancer is how to target the cytotoxic drugs to the tumor. Thankfully, a group f ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAR 30, 2016Cancer
In what sounds like a top-secret military operation, scientists have developed a triple-stage “cluster bomb” ...MAR 25, 2016Health & Medicine
Although a recent clinical trial had medical professionals worrying about the safety of patients taking incretin-based d ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Many people have heard of mesotheliomas through frightening television commercials. But little is known about treatment ...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 09, 2016Microbiology
This just in, antibiotic resistance doesn’t spread through meat products. Researchers from Colorado State Universi ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 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 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 ...FEB 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Survival of the fittest has a generally positive connotation. After all, this evolutionary principle is the driving forc ...FEB 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer cells are exquisitely cunning – they mutate and adapt to escape the body’s own defense mechanisms, an ...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 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 05, 2016Health & Medicine
Depression affects millions of Americans and many of those people are taking some kind of medication. Selective se ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 04, 2016Cancer
Cancer cells rarely spread on their own, preferring to travel in groups from their original tumor site, a new study with ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 02, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has solved a long-standing mystery in cell biology by ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)FEB 01, 2016Microbiology
To most of us “virulent” means “aggressive,” or just plain “bad,” but to a microbiol ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 23, 2016Chemistry & Physics
‘Strain-release amination’ technique emerged from efforts to help Pfizer synthesize promising cancer drug ca ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 19, 2016Cancer
Packaging a cancer drug in bubble containers derived from a patient’s own immune system makes it much more ef ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 28, 2015Cannabis Sciences
Almost one-third of epilepsy patients suffer from a treatment-resistant form. Their condition is associated with severe ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 26, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Bacterial biofilms are among the biggest scourges in hospitals, causing infections that are difficult to treat because m ...DEC 19, 2015Cardiology
Manipulating the activity of the gut microbiome has been linked to reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease like str ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 08, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have deployed a powerful new drug discovery technique to identify ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
APR 04, 2016
Cancer
How do doctors and cancer patients know if their chemotherapy or radiation treatments are working to kill the tumor? Qui
...
APR 01, 2016
Cancer
A big issue in developing treatments for cancer is how to target the cytotoxic drugs to the tumor. Thankfully, a group f
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAR 30, 2016
Cancer
In what sounds like a top-secret military operation, scientists have developed a triple-stage “cluster bomb”
...
MAR 25, 2016
Health & Medicine
Although a recent clinical trial had medical professionals worrying about the safety of patients taking incretin-based d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Many people have heard of mesotheliomas through frightening television commercials. But little is known about treatment
...
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 09, 2016
Microbiology
This just in, antibiotic resistance doesn’t spread through meat products. Researchers from Colorado State Universi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
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 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
...
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 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer cells are exquisitely cunning – they mutate and adapt to escape the body’s own defense mechanisms, an
...
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 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 05, 2016
Health & Medicine
Depression affects millions of Americans and many of those people are taking some kind of medication. Selective se
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 04, 2016
Cancer
Cancer cells rarely spread on their own, preferring to travel in groups from their original tumor site, a new study with
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 02, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has solved a long-standing mystery in cell biology by
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
FEB 01, 2016
Microbiology
To most of us “virulent” means “aggressive,” or just plain “bad,” but to a microbiol
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 23, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
‘Strain-release amination’ technique emerged from efforts to help Pfizer synthesize promising cancer drug ca
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 19, 2016
Cancer
Packaging a cancer drug in bubble containers derived from a patient’s own immune system makes it much more ef
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 28, 2015
Cannabis Sciences
Almost one-third of epilepsy patients suffer from a treatment-resistant form. Their condition is associated with severe
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 26, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Bacterial biofilms are among the biggest scourges in hospitals, causing infections that are difficult to treat because m
...
DEC 19, 2015
Cardiology
Manipulating the activity of the gut microbiome has been linked to reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease like str
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 08, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have deployed a powerful new drug discovery technique to identify
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)