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Small Molecule
Small Molecule: Within the fields of molecular biology and pharmacology, a small molecule is a low molecular weight organic compound that may regulate a biological process, with a size on the order of 1 nm. Most drugs are small molecules.
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SEP 23, 2016Cancer
Earlier this week, I reported that scientists discovered how some cancers apparently switched off their sweet tooth to b ...SEP 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, have shown that alterations in regul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2016Immunology
Norovirus is the most common viral cause of diarrhea worldwide, but because of an inability to grow it in a lab, scienti ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)SEP 16, 2016Cancer
In school most of us are taught that DNA is arranged as a double helix. The discovery of this basic structure, after all ...SEP 12, 2016Neuroscience
Air pollution in highly industrialized urban areas has been implicated in diseases like cancer and respiratory illnesses ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 09, 2016Cancer
For people who love spicy foods, a different type of spice – in the form of ginger – could counter the cance ...SEP 02, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Pluripotent stem cells can form into any cell type in the human body through the process of normal human development. Cr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2016Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2016Microbiology
People that have type O blood tend to get more seriously ill from a cholera infection than people with other blood types ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that when proteins are made in the cell, a messenger RNA molecule made using DNA as a temp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Ever since we were little, we’ve been told to never, ever swallow any batteries. Now, a group of engineers s ...AUG 24, 2016Immunology
The symptoms of poison ivy rashes and other skin conditions are commonly known. For poison ivy, it’s a painful and ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 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 22, 2016Cancer
Just because a chemotherapeutic drug exist does not mean it will work for every patient. There has been no other time wh ...AUG 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Using powerful microscopy techniques, researchers have learned more about autophagy, a waste recycling process employed ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2016Health & Medicine
A lot of diseases and conditions are treated with biologics or biopharmaceuticals. Biopharmaceuticals are inherently mor ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAUG 08, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – August 8, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) now have a high-resoluti ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 06, 2016Health & Medicine
As I sat at my dining room table eating an entire bag of lychees with my girlfriends, I began to question whether or not ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAUG 02, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 2, 2016 – A new study, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), rev ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUL 31, 2016Microbiology
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have elucidated the process that acti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2016Microbiology
Researchers studying the bacterium Staphylococcus lugdunensis in its natural environment have stumbled onto an amazing d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Targeted sequencing allows researchers to hone in on specific regions of DNA they are interested in, and enabling more c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2016Health & Medicine
You have probably heard of Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzhe ...Written By: Cassidy Reich
SEP 23, 2016
Cancer
Earlier this week, I reported that scientists discovered how some cancers apparently switched off their sweet tooth to b
...
SEP 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, have shown that alterations in regul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2016
Immunology
Norovirus is the most common viral cause of diarrhea worldwide, but because of an inability to grow it in a lab, scienti
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
SEP 16, 2016
Cancer
In school most of us are taught that DNA is arranged as a double helix. The discovery of this basic structure, after all
...
SEP 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Air pollution in highly industrialized urban areas has been implicated in diseases like cancer and respiratory illnesses
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 09, 2016
Cancer
For people who love spicy foods, a different type of spice – in the form of ginger – could counter the cance
...
SEP 02, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Pluripotent stem cells can form into any cell type in the human body through the process of normal human development. Cr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2016
Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2016
Microbiology
People that have type O blood tend to get more seriously ill from a cholera infection than people with other blood types
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that when proteins are made in the cell, a messenger RNA molecule made using DNA as a temp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ever since we were little, we’ve been told to never, ever swallow any batteries. Now, a group of engineers s
...
AUG 24, 2016
Immunology
The symptoms of poison ivy rashes and other skin conditions are commonly known. For poison ivy, it’s a painful and
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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 22, 2016
Cancer
Just because a chemotherapeutic drug exist does not mean it will work for every patient. There has been no other time wh
...
AUG 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Using powerful microscopy techniques, researchers have learned more about autophagy, a waste recycling process employed
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
A lot of diseases and conditions are treated with biologics or biopharmaceuticals. Biopharmaceuticals are inherently mor
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
AUG 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – August 8, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) now have a high-resoluti
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 06, 2016
Health & Medicine
As I sat at my dining room table eating an entire bag of lychees with my girlfriends, I began to question whether or not
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
AUG 02, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 2, 2016 – A new study, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), rev
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUL 31, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have elucidated the process that acti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers studying the bacterium Staphylococcus lugdunensis in its natural environment have stumbled onto an amazing d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Targeted sequencing allows researchers to hone in on specific regions of DNA they are interested in, and enabling more c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2016
Health & Medicine
You have probably heard of Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzhe
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich