Expanding access to weight-loss drugs could save thousands of lives each year, researchers say
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain Expanding access to new, highly effective weight-loss drugs could prevent more than 40,000 deaths a year ...
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A more efficient phenotypic screening method can test multiple drugs simultaneously
Cell Painting is a test for capturing the characteristics of cell morphology, seen here on the U2OS cell line. Credit: ...
Targeting hippocampal neurons to unlock existing Alzheimer’s drugs
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain A team of researchers from Kobe Gakuin University in Japan has genetically modified insulin-fused proteins capable ...
Examination of ‘mirror molecules’ could lead to new drugs
University of Texas at Dallas chemist Dr. Filippo Romiti, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and colleagues have developed a ...
Making micelles more effective for dispersing dyes and drugs through well-defined core-shell structures
Block copolymer micelles with well-defined core–shell structures significantly improve dye solubilization compared to random copolymers. This discovery may lead to ...
New strategy could turn IV drugs into pills
Examples of water-soluble prodrugs. A Orally administered medications that have a water-soluble property (e.g., a phosphate or phosphonooxymethyl group). b ...
Designing drugs targeting “twin” cancer proteins
A drug candidate (pink) was found to bind to the pocket between the cancer-related protein CCNE1 (green) and its partner ...
Two studies reveal that the SARS-CoV-2 virus becomes resistant to antiviral drugs used to treat patients
Susceptibility of SARS-CoV-2-nsp5T169Insp12V792I virus to nirmatrelvir and remdesivir in vitro. Credit: Natural communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51924-3 Two studies have found ...
AI model identifies existing drugs that can be repurposed to treat rare diseases
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There are over 7,000 rare and undiagnosed diseases worldwide. Although each condition affects only a small ...
What do anti-obesity drugs do to the body?
Wegovy, Mounjaro, Ozempic... These drugs are driving the pharmaceutical industry crazy and fueling the hopes of millions of patients suffering ...
