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Transforming Skin Treatment With Tiny Biodegradable STAR Particle Delivery Systems

Your skin is remarkably good at keeping things out of your body.

10 Nov 2026

Crystal Pharmatech Completes ELDICO ED-1 Installation; Dedicated MicroED Now in Routine Service

Crystal Pharmatech, a science-driven CRO/CDMO specializing in solid-state research, preformulation studies, and formulation development and manufacturing for small-molecule drugs, today announced that installation of the ELDICO ED-1 electron diffractometer at its Suzhou, China R&D center is complete.

From ELDICO Scientific AG 10 Nov 2026

What If the Drug Candidate That Didn’t Work Is Still Useful?

Throughout the lengthy journey of developing new drugs, often spanning ten years or longer, a vast number of chemical compounds are created that ultimately do not advance to become medicines. A researcher from Florida State University is collaborating with a group that has identified an innovative approach to provide some of these “dead-ends” with an opportunity to evolve into the basis for future successful pharmaceutical products.

9 Nov 2026

Predictive AI Models for Understanding Nerve Cell Transport and Signaling

The movement of signals and nutrients down a nerve cell's long axon is central to healthy thought and movement, and to some neurodegenerative diseases.

9 Nov 2026

Systematic Genetic Mapping Opens New Doors for Tuberculosis Drug Discovery

Rockefeller scientists have created the most comprehensive map to date of how essential genes interact in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (TB).

5 Nov 2026

Nanoparticle Displayed Antibody Fragments Ease Asthma Associated Goblet Cell Hyperplasia

Airway mucus is part of innate lung defense, but when production overwhelms clearance, it obstructs airflow and worsens disease.

4 Nov 2026

Unraveling the Molecular Complexity of SARS-CoV-2 Genome Regulation

A study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and University of California, Riverside (UCR) School of Medicine has identified new targets for antiviral drugs against coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

4 Nov 2026

Innate Immune Sensor cGAS Acts as Nuclear Metabolic Regulator

Scientists at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered an unexpected role for a key innate immune protein, revealing how it helps regulate cholesterol levels inside cells and influences tumor growth and treatment response.

4 Nov 2026

Synthetic DNA Molecules Provide New Strategy for Targeting Cancer Linked Genes

Researchers have developed a promising new approach that uses synthetic DNA molecules to target cancer-linked genes directly, opening new possibilities for future treatments, diagnostics and biological research.

4 Nov 2026

Targeting CDK1 to Optimize Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer

Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have found that the functioning of a protein known as CDK1 in breast cancer is associated with their reaction to a widely used treatment. This finding has the potential to guide more personalized treatment strategies for individuals.

3 Nov 2026

Hospital Sewer Biofilms Enrich Resistant E coli Across Swedish Facilities

Antibiotics excreted by patients promote antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospital sewers, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

3 Nov 2026

Science Study Profiles Over 600,000 Cells to Map Gene Activity Across Entire Adult Fish

Viewed from above, Danionella cerebrum offers a rare sight in a vertebrate: its brain, visible through the top of its head. Since the species was adopted for neuroscience research in 2018 and formally described in 2021, the tiny, transparent fish has drawn rapidly growing interest for its unique biology.

31 Oct 2026

Targeting the Blood-Brain Barrier Using Sodium-Dependent Multivitamin Transporter Protein Systems

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have identified a transporter protein with the potential to open new avenues for improving creatine delivery into the brain and for developing other therapies targeting the central nervous system.

31 Oct 2026

Blood Pressure Pregnancy Clue Could Open Door to New Treatments

Researchers at the University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have uncovered a hidden defect in the tiny blood vessels of women with preeclampsia, a dangerous and common pregnancy complication which can threaten the lives of both mother and baby.

28 Oct 2026

Fast-Acting Marine Compound Targets Fatal Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a parasitic disease that causes the rapid deterioration of brain tissue, is one of the most lethal infections known, with a fatality rate exceeding 97%.

28 Oct 2026

Why a Breakthrough Blood Cancer Drug Could be Better for Patients

A more effective and better-tolerated treatment for chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) could improve quality of life for people living with the disease.

27 Oct 2026

Researchers Develop Predictive Model for Mass Spectrometry Imaging

Andrei Fedorov and his team have found a way to take some of the guesswork out of mass spectrometry imaging (MSI), potentially giving scientists better tools to explore the molecules that influence our health.

27 Oct 2026

China Emerges as a Global Epicenter for Obesity Innovation, Says GlobalData

China is emerging as an innovation hub in the rapidly diversifying global obesity drug landscape, with domestic drugmakers making proven incretin therapies more convenient while developing novel mechanisms beyond conventional GLP-1 therapy, according to GlobalData, a leading intelligence and productivity platform.

27 Oct 2026

Squeezing Cell Nuclei Loosens DNA to Boost CRISPR Reprogramming Efficiency

Our cells hold about two meters of DNA, folded and compacted to fit inside a nucleus far narrower than a strand of human hair.

24 Oct 2026

New RNA Extraction Approaches Overcome Agarose Barriers in Lung Slices

Precision-cut lung slices allow researchers to study living human lung tissue outside the body, preserving the different cell types and structures that make up the organ.

24 Oct 2026