Suono Bio, co-founded by MIT alumnus Carl Schoellhammer and two MIT professors, uses ultrasound waves to deliver drugs to the gastrointestinal tract, leveraging research made…
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Mount Sinai researchers have developed a therapeutic agent that shows high effectiveness in vitro at disrupting a biological pathway that helps cancer survive, according to…
Geneticists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered how a specific genetic mutation called H3K27M causes a devastating, incurable childhood cancer, known as diffuse midline glioma…
Lined on the inside with virus-binding molecules, nano-shells made of DNA material bind viruses tightly and thus render them harmless. Credit: Elena-Marie Willner / DietzLab…
Protein design researchers used artificial intelligence to generate hundreds of new protein structures, including this 3D view of human interleukin-12 bound to its receptor. Credit:…
A new study by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers of more the 400,000 Medicare patients taking medications for insomnia found that the risk of death…
Protein key for learning, memory behaves differently in males than females. When it comes to developing drugs for mental illnesses, three confounding challenges exist: Men…
Bubble texture of Guinness beer in a pint glass, featuring the creamy taste of tiny bubbles and fascinating texture motion. Credit: Osaka University Does bubble…
Schematic illustration of sample size calculation process. Credit: Shoya Iwanami A new modeling study suggests that significant variation in virus dynamics from person to person…
Antimicrobial peptides fight viral diseases but a structural flaw makes them difficult to use as drugs. A deft molecular fix could create synthetic “peptoids” to…
When SARS-CoV-2 (yellow) infects monkey kidney cells, it reduces the cellular recycling mechanism, meaning there are fewer autophagy signals (green) than in non-infected cells. Blue…
This image shows an isolated cerebral arteriole from a mouse model, marked by a live-cell dye. Credit: Osama Harraz, Ph.D., University of Vermont Larner College…
Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick,…
Gamma-cyclodextrin’s water-soluble, doughnut-shaped structure allows it to trap other molecules and makes it useful in the production of pharmaceuticals, food, and household products. Credit: Figure…
Just two weeks of citalopram exposure caused changes in crayfish behavior. Credit: Stefan, iNaturalist Increased foraging and reduced aggression have the potential to alter stream…
MIT chemical engineers have devised a new way to formulate hydrophobic drugs by turning them into a nanoemulsion, which can be poured into a mold…
A new chemical probe glows in the presence of a bacterial enzyme that contributes to antibiotic resistance. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin In…
Pinwheel flower. Credit: LIH LIH and RTI International put forward the mode of action of natural painkiller conolidine, and develop new molecule with enhanced pharmacological…
While the focus has been largely on vaccines, you might have also heard Pfizer is trialing a pill to treat COVID-19. It almost sounds too good…
Free of toxic and hallucinogenic side effects, ibogaine-inspired tabernanthalog shows promise as a potential treatment for the detrimental effects of stress on the brain. A…