A plot twist in pharmaceuticals: Single nanoparticles could pave the way for medicines on demand
Credit: Ventsislav Valev and Joel Collins For the first time, a single, twisted nanoparticle has been accurately measured and characterised ...
Tag: Pharmaceutical Sciences
New nano drug candidate kills aggressive breast cancer cells
The discovery will help clinicians target breast cancer cells directly, while avoiding the adverse, toxic side effects of chemotherapyCredit: University ...
Gel that breaks down, puts itself back together could improve delivery of oral drugs
In research published in Soft Matter, Lehigh University rheologists mimic pH environment of GI tract to shed light on pharmaceutical ...
Beautyberry leaf extract restores drug’s power to fight ‘superbug’
A compound from a common shrub boosts an antibiotic's activity against antibiotic-resistant staph bacteriaCredit: Tharanga Samarakoon Scientists discovered a compound ...
Dancing chemicals: Innovative catalytic reaction for low-cost synthesis of aromatic esters
Scientists discover a novel "ester dance reaction" that can pave the way for various developments in organic chemistryCredit: Junichiro Yamaguchi ...
UMass Amherst team makes artificial energy source for muscle
Synthesizing an alternative fuel for muscle could lead to medical advancesCredit: UMass Amherst/Debold lab AMHERST, Mass. - A chemist and ...
New substance library to accelerate the search for active compounds
Credit: J. Wollenhaupt/HZB For drugs to be effective, they usually have to dock to proteins in the organism. Like a ...
Discovery of a novel drug candidate to develop effective treatments for brain disorders
The study published in Chem is fundamental to develop pharmacological drugs for the treatment of core symptoms in Down syndrome, ...
Insilico Medicine and Arctoris to collaborate on COVID-19 by combining robotics and AI
Insilico Medicine and Arctoris announced a technology partnership to jointly discover and profile new therapeutics against COVID-19 by combining robotics ...
Using electricity to break down pollutants left over after wastewater treatment
A team at the INRS tested an advanced electro-oxidation processCredit: Jean-Daniel Bourgault (INRS) Pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and endocrine disruptors are ...
How do bacteria build up natural products?
X-ray structure analysis gives detailed insights into molecular factoryCredit: Maximilian Schmalhofer and Prof. Dr. Michael Groll / TUM The active ...
New vitamin K-based drug shows promise against medication-resistant epilepsy
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have formulated a vitamin K-based compound that, due to its unique structure ...
Injections are two-and-a-half times safer when nurses use revamped guidelines
Credit: Gustavo Fring The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is changing the way it writes its guidelines for giving injections ...
New light-based method for faster and ‘green’ production of building blocks for medicines
"Significant breakthrough" simplifies processing of gaseous, low-weight hydrocarbons in industry.Credit: Timothy Noël, TU/e In industry, gaseous hydrocarbons, such as ethane ...
Charcoal a weapon to fight superoxide-induced disease, injury
Nanomaterials soak up radicals, could aid treatment of COVID-19Credit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 1, 2020) - Artificial enzymes ...
NCCN: What people with cancer and their caregivers need to know about CAR T-cell therapy
National Comprehensive Cancer Network's new NCCN Guidelines for Patients explain how to recognize and manage immunotherapy-related toxicities, help prepare patients ...
Newly designed ligands for a catalytic reaction to synthesize drugs and useful compounds
Scientists spur advances in the field of drug development by designing a novel strategy to generate useful compoundsCredit: Gwangju Institute ...
Engineered immune cells recognize, attack human and mouse solid-tumor cancer cells
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A method known as CAR-T therapy has been used successfully in patients ...
Spraying ethanol to nanofiber masks makes them reusable
Credit: Hyung Joon Cha (POSTECH) As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world, masks have become an essential personal hygiene ...
X-rays size up protein structure at the ‘heart’ of COVID-19 virus
Credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy A team of researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge and Argonne ...