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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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NOV 09, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Sure, MACHETE is a cool name, but the researchers that developed the technique are hoping people don't focus solely on t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2022Neuroscience
Women tend to get Alzheimer's disease at a significantly higher rate than men; about two-thirds of people with the neuro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2022Immunology
Iron is a crucial nutrient. Most of the iron in the body is contained in red blood cells, as part of hemoglobin, which i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the essential energy molecule that drives our bodies. The cleavage of one of its ...Written By: Hannah DanielOCT 11, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Tigilanol tiglate (also referred to as EBC-46) is a chemical compound with a storied history. Found naturally in the see ...Written By: Zoe MichaudOCT 09, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Down syndrome is the most common genetic type of intellectual disability. It occurs when a person carries an extra copy ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2022Technology
In a recent study published in Science Robotics, a team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 29, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The lysosome is a small membrane bound organelle that can be found in most animal cells. It was once thought that these ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
In early April, Pfizer announced a $525 million acquisition of ReViral’s novel therapy for respiratory syncytial v ...Sponsored By: Sino BiologicalSEP 21, 2022Space & Astronomy
A study recently published in Science suggests that many exoplanets have larger amounts of water than previously thought ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.SEP 13, 2022Cancer
Introduction Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. According to estimates from the American Cancer Socie ...Sponsored By: Sino BiologicalSEP 07, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
When genes in a cell are active, they are transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules. So researchers can take a sna ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Anywhere from 200 to 1,000 species of bacteria reside in the human gut microbiome, and researchers have been trying to d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
The process of drug discovery and development is expensive. A recent report from the Journal of the American M ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizAUG 09, 2022Immunology
Scientists have been trying to stimulate the immune system to fight cancer for decades, and recent years have brought ma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2022Neuroscience
Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles about the size of influenza and corona viruses and have been making news for s ...Sponsored By: NanoSomiX, Inc. LeJUL 28, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Freeze drying, lyophilization, and cryodesiccation are all terms used to describe the process of removing water from a s ...JUL 21, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
In our best practices blog, we explore how lateral flow assay design affects test performance. Read on to gain a deeper ...JUL 17, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Biomolecular condensates can concentrate important components of the cell together. But other structures form too.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Magnetic beads (or superparamagnetic particles) can be used for the isolation and purification of cells, nucleic acids, ...JUL 01, 2022Health & Medicine
Immune reactive molecules called nanobodies, which are based on molecules found in llamas could offer robust protection ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Mammals, including humans, have at least two different types of fat tissue. White fat is the tissue where energy is prim ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUL 01, 2022Cannabis Sciences
A team of University of Connecticut researchers are using firefly genes to understand molecular mechanisms involved in t ...Written By: Kerry CharronJUN 24, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a paper recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, researchers at the University of Ar ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
NOV 09, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Sure, MACHETE is a cool name, but the researchers that developed the technique are hoping people don't focus solely on t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2022
Neuroscience
Women tend to get Alzheimer's disease at a significantly higher rate than men; about two-thirds of people with the neuro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2022
Immunology
Iron is a crucial nutrient. Most of the iron in the body is contained in red blood cells, as part of hemoglobin, which i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the essential energy molecule that drives our bodies. The cleavage of one of its
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
OCT 11, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tigilanol tiglate (also referred to as EBC-46) is a chemical compound with a storied history. Found naturally in the see
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
OCT 09, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Down syndrome is the most common genetic type of intellectual disability. It occurs when a person carries an extra copy
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2022
Technology
In a recent study published in Science Robotics, a team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 29, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The lysosome is a small membrane bound organelle that can be found in most animal cells. It was once thought that these
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
In early April, Pfizer announced a $525 million acquisition of ReViral’s novel therapy for respiratory syncytial v
...
Sponsored By:
Sino Biological
SEP 21, 2022
Space & Astronomy
A study recently published in Science suggests that many exoplanets have larger amounts of water than previously thought
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
SEP 13, 2022
Cancer
Introduction Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. According to estimates from the American Cancer Socie
...
Sponsored By:
Sino Biological
SEP 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
When genes in a cell are active, they are transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules. So researchers can take a sna
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Anywhere from 200 to 1,000 species of bacteria reside in the human gut microbiome, and researchers have been trying to d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
The process of drug discovery and development is expensive. A recent report from the Journal of the American M
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
AUG 09, 2022
Immunology
Scientists have been trying to stimulate the immune system to fight cancer for decades, and recent years have brought ma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2022
Neuroscience
Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles about the size of influenza and corona viruses and have been making news for s
...
Sponsored By:
NanoSomiX, Inc. Le
JUL 28, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Freeze drying, lyophilization, and cryodesiccation are all terms used to describe the process of removing water from a s
...
JUL 21, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
In our best practices blog, we explore how lateral flow assay design affects test performance. Read on to gain a deeper
...
JUL 17, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Biomolecular condensates can concentrate important components of the cell together. But other structures form too.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Magnetic beads (or superparamagnetic particles) can be used for the isolation and purification of cells, nucleic acids,
...
JUL 01, 2022
Health & Medicine
Immune reactive molecules called nanobodies, which are based on molecules found in llamas could offer robust protection
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mammals, including humans, have at least two different types of fat tissue. White fat is the tissue where energy is prim
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 01, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
A team of University of Connecticut researchers are using firefly genes to understand molecular mechanisms involved in t
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUN 24, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a paper recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, researchers at the University of Ar
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.