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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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MAY 23, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists are learning not to dismiss something just because they do not understand it. In the realm of studying non-c ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 04, 2016Neuroscience
Rupture of small blood vessels in the brain can cause hemorrhagic stroke and brain microbleeds, and finding the fastest ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 03, 2016Cancer
Designing effective new drugs, especially drugs to fight cancer, demands that you know as much as you can about the mole ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)APR 28, 2016Earth & The Environment
Were the early building blocks of life in a humble puddle? Scientists working toward that hypothesis have ac ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 25, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It was bound to happen sooner or later – the development of a marijuana breathalyzer. Created by a team from the U ...APR 19, 2016Genetics & Genomics
When we think of genetic mutations we usually think of the mutations that cause disease, but protective mutations are an ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 11, 2016Cancer
In an effort to improve sensitivity for cancer detection, engineers at the Case Western Reserve University have achieved ...APR 01, 2016Microbiology
A team of researchers announced in the journal Science that they’ve determined the structure of the Zika virus and ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 29, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A mother can pass down red hair and blue eyes to her child, why not the impact of a stressful life full of hardships? &n ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 25, 2016Cancer
Using specialized bubbles to deliver an anti-cancer drug, scientists at the University of Georgia (UGA) effectively redu ...MAR 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 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer cells are exquisitely cunning – they mutate and adapt to escape the body’s own defense mechanisms, an ...FEB 23, 2016Health & Medicine
Opioid addiction is a huge problem, with about 2 million Americans suffering from addiction to prescription pain relieve ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 14, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the clinical setting, wound infections can significantly delay recovery time and even become life threatening. Early ...FEB 12, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The cell is intelligently designed. Various membrane-bound organelles (mitochondria, lysosomes, etc) create their own pe ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 10, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Tiny animals such as zooplankton make the world’s biggest migration—from feeding at the open ocean’s s ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 01, 2016Microbiology
To most of us “virulent” means “aggressive,” or just plain “bad,” but to a microbiol ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 30, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
To decide whether and where to move in the body, cells need to read chemical signals in their environment—and they ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 28, 2016Neuroscience
Recent years have seen an incredible rise in the research and discussion of neuroinflammation, especially in regards to ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJAN 24, 2016Space & Astronomy
In space, gravitational forces are very different. There’s not an absence of gravity, but instead, there’s s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 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 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When x-ray radiation fails or when complete surgical removal is not possible, chemotherapy is the next best available op ...JAN 20, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Researchers are testing a way to control a single microbot that operates as part of a group. The robots are too small fo ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 13, 2016Health & Medicine
.body_content a{color: #175CA9;} .body_content a:hover{color: #1A4E75;text-decoration: underline;} .body_content{text-al ...Written By: Julianne Chiaet
MAY 23, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists are learning not to dismiss something just because they do not understand it. In the realm of studying non-c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 04, 2016
Neuroscience
Rupture of small blood vessels in the brain can cause hemorrhagic stroke and brain microbleeds, and finding the fastest
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 03, 2016
Cancer
Designing effective new drugs, especially drugs to fight cancer, demands that you know as much as you can about the mole
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
APR 28, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Were the early building blocks of life in a humble puddle? Scientists working toward that hypothesis have ac
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 25, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It was bound to happen sooner or later – the development of a marijuana breathalyzer. Created by a team from the U
...
APR 19, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
When we think of genetic mutations we usually think of the mutations that cause disease, but protective mutations are an
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 11, 2016
Cancer
In an effort to improve sensitivity for cancer detection, engineers at the Case Western Reserve University have achieved
...
APR 01, 2016
Microbiology
A team of researchers announced in the journal Science that they’ve determined the structure of the Zika virus and
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 29, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A mother can pass down red hair and blue eyes to her child, why not the impact of a stressful life full of hardships? &n
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 25, 2016
Cancer
Using specialized bubbles to deliver an anti-cancer drug, scientists at the University of Georgia (UGA) effectively redu
...
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 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer cells are exquisitely cunning – they mutate and adapt to escape the body’s own defense mechanisms, an
...
FEB 23, 2016
Health & Medicine
Opioid addiction is a huge problem, with about 2 million Americans suffering from addiction to prescription pain relieve
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 14, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the clinical setting, wound infections can significantly delay recovery time and even become life threatening. Early
...
FEB 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The cell is intelligently designed. Various membrane-bound organelles (mitochondria, lysosomes, etc) create their own pe
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 10, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Tiny animals such as zooplankton make the world’s biggest migration—from feeding at the open ocean’s s
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
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 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
To decide whether and where to move in the body, cells need to read chemical signals in their environment—and they
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 28, 2016
Neuroscience
Recent years have seen an incredible rise in the research and discussion of neuroinflammation, especially in regards to
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JAN 24, 2016
Space & Astronomy
In space, gravitational forces are very different. There’s not an absence of gravity, but instead, there’s s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
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 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When x-ray radiation fails or when complete surgical removal is not possible, chemotherapy is the next best available op
...
JAN 20, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers are testing a way to control a single microbot that operates as part of a group. The robots are too small fo
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 13, 2016
Health & Medicine
.body_content a{color: #175CA9;} .body_content a:hover{color: #1A4E75;text-decoration: underline;} .body_content{text-al
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet