As antibiotic resistance increases the search for new anti-bacterial treatments becomes more and more important. One way to design anti-bacterials is to find specific biochemical pathways that the bacteria require to survive, and develop drugs that block off these pathways...
Molecular clues may reveal how to instantly reset the brain's clock
A global immunization campaign in the mid-20th century eradicated the smallpox virus, one of the deadliest diseases in history
Firms are fighting with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Supreme Court for the right to patent natural products and processes
New drugs for women are passing through key trials
Can excellent scientists be excellent physicians at the same time? "I would like to ask you about a trip to Thailand." This is not the kind of question I expected from a patient in my cardiology clinic at the Veterans Administration hospital in Indianapolis...
CHD8, a gene that regulates the structure of DNA, is the closest thing so far to an “autism gene”
History is rife with unethical experiments on inmates. But with proper safeguards prisoner studies may hold the key to the accurate representation of vulnerable groups and lead to health benefits...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlight the urgent need for changes in prescription practices in a new report
Prescription painkillers, antidepressants and other brain drugs have gender-specific effects
Getting a drug from conception to market is among the riskiest, hardest and most expensive of scientific and human endeavors, often requiring up to ten years of effort and anywhere between 1 and 5 billion dollars...
Clinical studies that group patients according to their molecular profile can make for better and faster drug approval decisions
After decades of study, the evidence for whether supplements actually improve health remains polarized and incomplete
A booster vaccination may be warranted for adolescents in England to help diminish the spread of this highly contagious respiratory disease...
A congenital connective tissue disorder that confers pro basketball height also permanently benches an NBA prospect’s dreams of joining the league
The adult brain generates neurons every day. These cells help us to distinguish one memory from another—a finding that could lead to novel treatments for anxiety disorders
A lab director has reportedly been reassigned and other heads at the U.S. Center for Disease Control are likely to roll after an incident earlier this month in which at least 75 staff members may have accidentally been exposed to live samples of anthrax being transported from one lab to another...
My PhD mostly dealt with research blogs from ResearchBlogging.org (RB) an aggregator of blog posts covering peer-reviewed research. In this article, we (Prof.
New research into how and why tumors form, grow and spread is producing better screening tests and more effective remedies with fewer side effects
And a new diabetes drug targets those sweet receptors
