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The Food and Drug Administration is a government agency that regulates certain food, drugs, cosmetics, and medical products. They are the government agency responsible for reviewing, approving and regulating medical products, including pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices.
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SEP 21, 2016Cancer
Cancer biologists have a surprising but wholly vested ally in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NA ...SEP 21, 2016Microbiology
I like eggs - scrambled, fried, poached, you name it. What I don’t like is Salmonella. A new study from Pennsylvan ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 20, 2016Cardiology
The window of safety and efficacy for administering tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), the only FDA-approved medication ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 16, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—September 16, 2016—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a potent ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 12, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Dana Farber/Boston Children's has been able to selectively silence a gene, BCL11A, found in 2008 to be an integral part ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 12, 2016Cancer
A drug that’s currently under testing in people has been found to kill melanoma cells, even the treatment-resistan ...SEP 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced earlier this month that they would be banning 19 antimicrobial chemical ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 09, 2016Videos
A new chemotherapy drug for chronic lymphocytic leukemia has been given approval by the FDA. CLL is the most common form ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Oxygen is a pretty amazing chemical element, without which life would not be possible. Now researchers at the Washington ...AUG 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For the 44 million people worldwide who are affected by Alzheimer’s disease, and the countless more who are at ris ...AUG 21, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: J E Theriot/Flickr There’s a new way to make tiny knotted and interlocked chemical structures that h ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 18, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—August 18, 2016—An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 03, 2016Videos
Patients who suffer from diabetes type 2 may now have another option for their drug treatment. Last week, the Food and D ...AUG 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene therapy research for spinal muscular atrophy is seemingly on an onwards and upwards trajectory. In the last week, r ...JUL 28, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s rare that a drug can be FDA-approved to treat a condition without a known mechanism behind the drug’s a ...JUL 26, 2016Microbiology
Fungal infections, often thought of as minor issues that are easily treatable, can actually be deadly for vulnerable peo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2016Videos
Chinese scientists hope to soon be the first to use the CRISPR gene editing technique on human patients. They aim to hel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2016Cancer
Nausea and vomiting are among the most common adverse side effects of chemotherapy. In fact, some drugs induce such seve ...JUL 16, 2016Videos
About 17 million people in the U.S. suffer from acne. Now, the FDA recently approved a new over the counter acne medicat ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUL 16, 2016Videos
A widely used food additive has been found to affect the immune system and induce allergies in mice. The research was co ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUL 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
People suffering from essential tremors now have a new treatment option that promises to be less invasive and more effec ...JUL 14, 2016Videos
In the United States, prescription drugs, for any illness, can be advertised on television directly to patients. While t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 12, 2016Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, one of the newest areas of research is in transcranial direct current stimulation or tDCS. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 09, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
On Thursday July 7, 2016 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a letter to embattled lab testing c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 21, 2016
Cancer
Cancer biologists have a surprising but wholly vested ally in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NA
...
SEP 21, 2016
Microbiology
I like eggs - scrambled, fried, poached, you name it. What I don’t like is Salmonella. A new study from Pennsylvan
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 20, 2016
Cardiology
The window of safety and efficacy for administering tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), the only FDA-approved medication
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 16, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—September 16, 2016—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a potent
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 12, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Dana Farber/Boston Children's has been able to selectively silence a gene, BCL11A, found in 2008 to be an integral part
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 12, 2016
Cancer
A drug that’s currently under testing in people has been found to kill melanoma cells, even the treatment-resistan
...
SEP 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced earlier this month that they would be banning 19 antimicrobial chemical
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 09, 2016
Videos
A new chemotherapy drug for chronic lymphocytic leukemia has been given approval by the FDA. CLL is the most common form
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Oxygen is a pretty amazing chemical element, without which life would not be possible. Now researchers at the Washington
...
AUG 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the 44 million people worldwide who are affected by Alzheimer’s disease, and the countless more who are at ris
...
AUG 21, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: J E Theriot/Flickr There’s a new way to make tiny knotted and interlocked chemical structures that h
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—August 18, 2016—An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 03, 2016
Videos
Patients who suffer from diabetes type 2 may now have another option for their drug treatment. Last week, the Food and D
...
AUG 03, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene therapy research for spinal muscular atrophy is seemingly on an onwards and upwards trajectory. In the last week, r
...
JUL 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s rare that a drug can be FDA-approved to treat a condition without a known mechanism behind the drug’s a
...
JUL 26, 2016
Microbiology
Fungal infections, often thought of as minor issues that are easily treatable, can actually be deadly for vulnerable peo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2016
Videos
Chinese scientists hope to soon be the first to use the CRISPR gene editing technique on human patients. They aim to hel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2016
Cancer
Nausea and vomiting are among the most common adverse side effects of chemotherapy. In fact, some drugs induce such seve
...
JUL 16, 2016
Videos
About 17 million people in the U.S. suffer from acne. Now, the FDA recently approved a new over the counter acne medicat
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUL 16, 2016
Videos
A widely used food additive has been found to affect the immune system and induce allergies in mice. The research was co
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUL 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
People suffering from essential tremors now have a new treatment option that promises to be less invasive and more effec
...
JUL 14, 2016
Videos
In the United States, prescription drugs, for any illness, can be advertised on television directly to patients. While t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 12, 2016
Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, one of the newest areas of research is in transcranial direct current stimulation or tDCS.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 09, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
On Thursday July 7, 2016 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a letter to embattled lab testing c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim