Positive results from new amyloid-clearing drug represent a starting point for Alzheimer’s treatment, while combination therapy remains the holy grail. Amyloid-clearing drug lecanemab will be…
Study suggests new vaccine could prevent deadly opioid from entering the brain. A new vaccine has been developed that targets the dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl…
Better than opiates: Researchers use adrenaline receptors for highly-effective pain relief. Scientists have identified new substances that have a similar pain-relieving effect to opiates, but…
Scripps Research and Calibr scientists collaborated to discover potential therapeutic treatments for metabolic diseases. “Metabolism” describes the body’s chemical changes that create the necessary ingredients…
Pharmaceutical companies argue that high drug prices are required to recuperate the expenses of research and development, but researchers discovered no relationship between the two….
Between identifying a potential therapeutic compound and U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a new drug is an arduous journey that can…
Neflamapimod demonstrates that it reverses the neurodegenerative process in the basal forebrain cholinergic system in animal models. Phase 2a data in Dementia with Lewy Bodies…
Study is the first to use protein interaction networks to study whether existing drugs could treat autism, finding potential in a common antidiarrheal drug. There…
Fresh hope for pain management from newly identified link between chronic pain and lung cancer in mice. Although it is uncomfortable, pain is an important…
Scientists found they could optimize drug concentrations to simultaneously target two molecular signaling pathways responsible for cancer growth by using the lymphatic system as a…
New study highlights potential of mitochondria-targeted chemotherapies. Scientists have discovered promising new drugs that work in concert with other drugs to deliver a deadly one-two…
The natural compound berberine, which is present in plants like goldenseal and barberry, has promise for the treatment of lung diseases. According to a recent…
Identification of a molecular code embedded in protein for regulating its glycosylation. Many proteins in nature exist as glycoproteins, which are molecules comprised of protein…
How pharmaceutical ingredients are affecting the world’s rivers Pharmaceutical chemicals in prescription and over-the-counter medications are released into the environment during their manufacturing, usage, and…
While pain can be horrible, it serves a useful purpose. Without the ability to feel pain, life is more dangerous. To avoid injury, pain tells…
University of Chicago chemists hope breakthrough can help accelerate drug discovery. Every time a new cancer drug is announced, it represents hundreds of scientists spending…
For decades, most doctors, parents, and teachers have believed that stimulant medications help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) learn. However, in the first…
A new artificial intelligence technique has been developed that only proposes candidate molecules that can actually be produced in a lab. Pharmaceutical companies are using…
