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Toxicity studies
Toxicity studies identify the toxic effects of a drug by studying how it impacts cells or organs within the body. Toxicity studies evaluate both cellular damage but also potential impairment of organ function. These studies often evaluate increasing doses of the drug of interest to determine the highest dose which may be administered safely.
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JUL 20, 2017Microbiology
As antibiotic-resistance among pathogens becomes an ever-bigger problem, the pressure is on to find new antibiotics.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
An old antibiotic that’s been around since the 1970s could be repurposed to be a new antidepressant. So far, resea ...JUL 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is used frequently in food packaging, and it has gotten into our bodies. New research could help repla ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A natural compound Salk Institute scientists have been studying has been shown to reduce the mental deficits and inflamm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Glyphosate, a component of Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup, is expected to be added to the list of cancer-causing che ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 08, 2017Cancer
The cooling cap device that limits hair loss during chemotherapy just scored another thumbs up from the FDA. The regulat ...JUN 28, 2017Cancer
Brain imaging via MRIs may soon be enhanced with simple sugar instead of conventional metal complexes. A new study found ...JUN 27, 2017Immunology
How do T cells become so “exhausted” that they can no longer effectively fight cancer, viruses, bacteria, an ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 25, 2017Microbiology
New work shows how easily toxins made by black mold can move into the air and be inhaled.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2017Microbiology
Honeybees are critical to the world's food supply, and they are dying off in dramatic numbers. People have to do more to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2017Cancer
Over the years, vitamin C has become synonymous with health, vigor, and vitality. Now the compound, in combination with ...JUN 08, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers from the University College London announced the first blood biomarker that can predict and track the progre ...JUN 04, 2017Microbiology
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 03, 2017Cancer
Sometimes scientists have to work in reverse. That is, they may know that a compound seems to treat a disease, but then ...JUN 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are learning more about how environmental factors influence the development of autism.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2017Health & Medicine
Activating the body's own immune system to fight cancer is the goal of immunotherapy. It's less toxic ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioMAY 31, 2017Health & Medicine
Developing a new, specialized treatment for autoimmune disease that doesn’t shut down the entire immune sys ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 31, 2017Earth & The Environment
Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide that can cause neurological disorders and harm brain development. The toxic pesticide was ba ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 22, 2017Immunology
Three new approaches to anticancer drug therapy were combined in a recent study to simultaneously maximize destruction o ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 18, 2017Immunology
There's a new standard treatment for a rare immunological disease: mepolizumab. No need for an approval process, tho ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 15, 2017Microbiology
Researchers discover that a common marine sponge plays host to bacteria that generate toxic compounds that are very simi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2017Health & Medicine
Scientists have created a 3D image of a molecular structure that many different bacteria use to pump toxins into humans ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 07, 2017Videos
Snakes, scorpions, and spiders represent some of the most known and studied poisonous animals on land. In the sea, the p ...APR 04, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Melanoma can be quite aggressive, as seen in the following video. Researchers at the University of Iowa captured them as ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2017
Microbiology
As antibiotic-resistance among pathogens becomes an ever-bigger problem, the pressure is on to find new antibiotics.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
An old antibiotic that’s been around since the 1970s could be repurposed to be a new antidepressant. So far, resea
...
JUL 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is used frequently in food packaging, and it has gotten into our bodies. New research could help repla
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A natural compound Salk Institute scientists have been studying has been shown to reduce the mental deficits and inflamm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Glyphosate, a component of Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup, is expected to be added to the list of cancer-causing che
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 08, 2017
Cancer
The cooling cap device that limits hair loss during chemotherapy just scored another thumbs up from the FDA. The regulat
...
JUN 28, 2017
Cancer
Brain imaging via MRIs may soon be enhanced with simple sugar instead of conventional metal complexes. A new study found
...
JUN 27, 2017
Immunology
How do T cells become so “exhausted” that they can no longer effectively fight cancer, viruses, bacteria, an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 25, 2017
Microbiology
New work shows how easily toxins made by black mold can move into the air and be inhaled.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2017
Microbiology
Honeybees are critical to the world's food supply, and they are dying off in dramatic numbers. People have to do more to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2017
Cancer
Over the years, vitamin C has become synonymous with health, vigor, and vitality. Now the compound, in combination with
...
JUN 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers from the University College London announced the first blood biomarker that can predict and track the progre
...
JUN 04, 2017
Microbiology
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2017
Cancer
Sometimes scientists have to work in reverse. That is, they may know that a compound seems to treat a disease, but then
...
JUN 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are learning more about how environmental factors influence the development of autism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2017
Health & Medicine
Activating the body's own immune system to fight cancer is the goal of immunotherapy. It's less toxic
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
MAY 31, 2017
Health & Medicine
Developing a new, specialized treatment for autoimmune disease that doesn’t shut down the entire immune sys
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 31, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide that can cause neurological disorders and harm brain development. The toxic pesticide was ba
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 22, 2017
Immunology
Three new approaches to anticancer drug therapy were combined in a recent study to simultaneously maximize destruction o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 18, 2017
Immunology
There's a new standard treatment for a rare immunological disease: mepolizumab. No need for an approval process, tho
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 15, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers discover that a common marine sponge plays host to bacteria that generate toxic compounds that are very simi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
Scientists have created a 3D image of a molecular structure that many different bacteria use to pump toxins into humans
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 07, 2017
Videos
Snakes, scorpions, and spiders represent some of the most known and studied poisonous animals on land. In the sea, the p
...
APR 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Melanoma can be quite aggressive, as seen in the following video. Researchers at the University of Iowa captured them as
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch