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4 days ago

Video: Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

They hoped to make tomorrow's medicines. Then came Trump. This is Camila. She's trying to figure out how cancer spreads across the body. David here is trying to cure H.I.V. And Rachael, she's trying to find new treatments for childhood brain cancer. Or at least they were. The Trump administration has so far terminated more than $1 billion in grants for the National Institutes of Health. It has fired over 1,300 employees. 1,700 canceled awards.
Public health
fromNews Center
1 week ago

New Drug Shows Promise in Treating a Common Cause of Hypertension - News Center

In the study, investigators treated 15 patients with primary aldosteronism with baxdrostat, a new drug designed to block the overproduction of aldosterone with high specificity.
Healthcare
fromNature
3 weeks ago

Monoclonal antibodies revolutionized biomedical science and health care

The discovery of monoclonal antibodies revolutionized treatments for various conditions and created a lucrative market.
fromFortune
1 month ago

AI is already touching nearly every corner of the medical field

The way it assimilated the information and presented it was really quite remarkable. And that's when I realized this is not just an incremental advance.
Healthcare
#malaria
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
3 months ago

Scientists propose novel way of treating mosquitoes for malaria

US researchers propose using malaria drugs to cure mosquitoes instead of killing them, aiming to prevent disease transmission.
Coating bed nets with malaria drugs could effectively reduce parasite spread among mosquitoes.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Pedro Cuatrecasas, the scientist nobody has heard of who could have won two Nobel Prizes

Pedro Cuatrecasas was an influential biochemist who contributed to the development of approximately 40 drugs including acyclovir for herpes and atorvastatin for cholesterol management.
Science
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Scientists Gene Hack Mice So Their Livers Produce Their Own Ozempic-Like Drug

Scientists gene-hacked mice to produce exenatide, potentially paving the way for human applications in drug production.
fromSFGATE
1 month ago

Bay Area biotech company lays off half of staff after bungling drug batch

The company announced that an "issue" with a batch of its flagship drug, known as briquilimab, had messed up two trial cohorts on chronic hives and a trial on asthma.
Health
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Google's AI drug company says human trials are 'very close'

Isomorphic Labs is focused on creating a general drug design engine that applies AI across various disease areas, not just specific targets or modalities.
Artificial intelligence
fromNews Center
2 months ago

New 'Molecular GPS' Will Fast-Track Drug Discovery - News Center

Northwestern University's SOAR will accelerate early-stage drug development by enabling better understanding of diseases and prioritizing potential treatments.
European startups
fromFast Company
2 months ago

China is catching up to the U.S. in pharmaceuticals, but it's not too late to turn that around

China's pharmaceutical industry has grown from 2% to 25% of global drug development in a decade, threatening U.S. dominance.
fromNature
2 months ago

Freeze frame: cracking molecular motion

Working on that timescale has long stymied biologists, but the rapid evolution of time-resolved cryo-electron microscopy (TR cryo-EM) over the past several years has made it possible to reconstruct dynamic processes with near-atomic detail.
OMG science
fromSun Sentinel
2 months ago

Healthcare companies chase cures and capital in South Florida

Healthcare leaders are showcasing innovations at the Goldman Sachs Global Healthcare Conference, highlighting treatments catering to consumer health demands.
#biotechnology
fromSFGATE
3 months ago
Startup companies

Bay Area biotech company slashes staff after losing $655 million in value

fromSFGATE
3 months ago
Startup companies

Bay Area biotech company slashes staff after losing $655 million in value

Artificial intelligence
fromNature
3 months ago

I told AI to make me a protein. Here's what it came up with

AI tools are transforming protein design, allowing for more accessible and controlled creation of molecular structures from plain language.
fromThe Nation
3 months ago

Inside the Bloodbath at the NIH

Trikafta's development exemplifies successful collaboration in American biomedical research between public and private sectors, transforming cystic fibrosis treatment.
The rapid FDA approval of Trikafta significantly improved treatment options for children with cystic fibrosis.
NYC startup
fromSFGATE
3 months ago

Bay Area biotech company once worth $700M lays off entire workforce

Unity Biotechnology lays off all employees to reduce financial losses.
fromNews Center
3 months ago

Distinguished Molecular Biologist Delivers 2025 Kimberly Prize Lecture - News Center

Evans' discovery of nuclear hormone receptors has transformed drug development, impacting treatments for diseases like diabetes and cancer, and underscoring the influence of biochemistry in medicine.
OMG science
#cancer-research
fromFast Company
4 months ago
Cancer

How federal funding cuts could threaten America's lead in cancer research

U.S. cancer research relies on a complex, interdependent ecosystem vulnerable to disruptions that threaten progress and new treatments.
fromNature
4 months ago
Cancer

Four rising stars at the forefront of cancer research

Young researchers are innovating in cancer drug development, focusing on pioneering techniques like cancer reversion to reduce the need for traditional treatments.
Cancer
fromFast Company
4 months ago

How federal funding cuts could threaten America's lead in cancer research

U.S. cancer research relies on a complex, interdependent ecosystem vulnerable to disruptions that threaten progress and new treatments.
Cancer
fromNature
4 months ago

Four rising stars at the forefront of cancer research

Young researchers are innovating in cancer drug development, focusing on pioneering techniques like cancer reversion to reduce the need for traditional treatments.
Alternative medicine
fromNews Center
4 months ago

ALS Drug Effectively Treats Alzheimer's Disease in New Animal Study - News Center

NU-9 shows promise in improving neuron health across neurodegenerative diseases like ALS and Alzheimer's by targeting their common mechanisms.
fromWIRED
4 months ago

An Experimental Obesity Pill Mimics Gastric Bypass Surgery

This material is something you would take as a capsule or liquid, but the next day it's gone because of the natural turnover of our mucosal surface in the GI tract.
Alternative medicine
fromtime.com
4 months ago

Pfizer Ends Development of Its Obesity Pill

Pfizer's decision to halt danuglipron development underscores the risks and complexities involved in creating new obesity treatments, particularly after significant financial investment and testing phases.
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