Novel pharmaceutical discovery and development is an expensive, difficult, and inefficient process, primarily due to the lack of models that accurately present the appropriate condition or that ...

While once considered taboo, magic mushrooms have recently experienced an increase in popularity and social acceptance. This renaissance partly stems from new findings about the impact of ...

Researchers of the Li Lab, led by Prof. Sijin Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, recently developed a new yeast-based screening method to identify key enzymes that synthesize medicinal ...

Identifying this compound is an important step in that process. Whether chloronitramide anion will be linked to any cancers or has other adverse health risks will be assessed in future work by ...

As the human body ages, cellular changes can drive a host of age-related diseases and conditions. The appearance of aging cells, also called senescent cells, in age-related diseases has spurred the ...

Share on Pinterest A recent study used computational methods to identify novel compounds that activate receptors involved in pain modulation without sedation. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images Research on ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new layer of complexity in Cannabis, identifying dozens of previously unknown compounds—including the first-ever evidence of rare molecules called flavoalkaloids ...

Hit identification and hit validation represent distinct but connected stages of early drug discovery. This article examines ...

Researchers at MIT and other institutions have identified compounds that can fight off viral infection by activating a defense pathway inside host cells. These compounds, they believe, could be used ...

The significant failure rate of compounds entering clinical trials, due in large part to safety and efficacy concerns, has led the pharmaceutical industry to invest heavily in new technologies and to ...