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Marine Carbohydrate Therapeutics: From Structural Diversity to Clinical Translation

The ocean contains diverse carbohydrates that could serve as valuable resources for drug development. Algae, marine animals and microorganisms produce polysaccharides and related molecules with structures that are uncommon on land, including distinctive sulfate patterns, sugar linkages and branched architectures.

24 Sep 2026

Latent HIV Viral Proteins Drive Persistent Low-Grade Brain Inflammation During ART

Antiretroviral drugs let people with HIV live full-length lives, but cognitive problems often persist. Some studies have found cognitive impairment in as many as half of people receiving antiretroviral therapy, although estimates vary and many cases do not interfere with daily activities.

24 Sep 2026

UCLA Team Develops Advanced Immunotherapy to Fight Dangerous Arterial Plaques

A UCLA research team has engineered a new type of immune cell that attacks atherosclerotic plaques — the fatty buildup inside artery walls that drives most heart attacks and strokes.

23 Sep 2026

Antidepressant Withdrawal, Not Relapse, Linked to Mood Changes

When people stop taking antidepressants they can feel terrible – their mood can plummet and anxiety can spike.

22 Sep 2026

Infected Macrophages Release Inflammatory Signals That Accelerate Surrounding Lung Infection

In the sickest COVID-19 patients, the SARS-CoV-2 virus doesn't just cause severe damage by directly infecting airway cells.

22 Sep 2026

Breakthrough Study Explains Developmental Origins of the Human Brain

For centuries, scientists have thought of the brain as a single, unified organ. But new research led by Stanford Medicine reveals that what we call the brain is two distinct organs that evolved independently over hundreds of millions of years.

21 Sep 2026

Researchers Reveal How p53 Tumor-Suppressor Protein Hide From T Cells

One of the biggest challenges in cancer immunotherapy may not be that immune cells are too weak, but that some tumors give them too little to see.

18 Sep 2026

Combining Massive Genomic Cohorts With Single-Cell Analysis to Track Autoimmune Diseases

A research team led by Professor Hong-Hee Won of the Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology (SAIHST) at Sungkyunkwan University(SKKU) and Samsung Medical Center, with Researcher Hyeonbin Jo as a first author, has revealed the specific mechanisms.

18 Sep 2026

Tracking Dynamic Mitochondrial Networks Beyond Flat Snapshots Assesses Cellular Health

Mitochondria - tiny structures that convert nutrients into energy - are often depicted as discrete kidney bean-shaped objects.

18 Sep 2026

Uncovering B Cell Signaling Pathways to Enhance Targeted T Cell Immunotherapies

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, according to a 2026 Cancer Research Institute report. Cancer biologists are keenly aware of this statistic, as it drives them to innovations that revolutionize cancer care-innovations like immunotherapy.

17 Sep 2026

New Mathematical Models Track Surface Protein Interactions to Map Evolutionary Terrains

When a virus mutates, the world usually finds out the hard way. Variants of influenza and SARS‑CoV‑2 can slip past vaccines and antibody drugs before scientists fully understand what has changed.

15 Sep 2026

Scientists Identify Molecular Mechanism Behind Persistent Obesity and Weight Relapse

Two enduring biological mysteries have remained unsolved for decades: why almost everyone who loses weight gains it back, no matter how they lost it, and why obesity passes from mother to child at rates that diet and environment cannot explain. Now, scientists from Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University have identified why.

11 Sep 2026

SMART Researchers Discover First PLP-Dependent Enzyme That Influences Bacterial Protein Production

Researchers from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology’s (SMART) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) interdisciplinary research group, alongside collaborators from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore), and institutions in the United States, Poland, and France, have discovered aminovaleramididine synthetase (AvaS), the first identified pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme responsible for producing a chemical modification linked to how bacteria respond to metabolic stress.

10 Sep 2026

IU Biologists Find a Hidden Weak Spot in How Bacteria Build the Tails They Use to Move

New research from Indiana University has uncovered a previously unknown vulnerability in how bacteria build the whip-like tails they use to move.

10 Sep 2026

Synchronized Gene Regulatory Pathways Defend C. diff Against Host and Microbiota Threats

The pathogen Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) - a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections - must contend with a variety of threats inside the harsh environment of the gut to survive and grow.

10 Sep 2026

Advanced RNA Sequencing Separates Rare Regenerative Cells From Mature Tissue

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Hospital for Special Surgery have discovered the unspecialized stem cells that give rise to the body's tendons and ligaments, the tissues connecting muscles and bones.

8 Sep 2026

Research Identifies Microorganisms That Convert Precursors Into Testosterone

Many prostate cancers depend on androgen hormones, including testosterone, to grow. That is why treatments for advanced disease often try to reduce testosterone production or block its effects.

7 Sep 2026

Research Maps Complex Molecular Rules Governing Specialized Tumor Immunity

For decades, natural killer (NK) cells have been classified into two main groups based on surface markers: one specialized for cytokine production and the other for direct killing.

7 Sep 2026

New Understanding of Brain Circuitry Genes Opens Door for Targeted OCD Therapies

A Rutgers-led international team co-authored a study, which was published in Nature Neuroscience, revealing 36 genes significantly increasing the risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and chronic tic disorders. This research offers the most comprehensive biological insight into the development of these conditions and potential future treatments.

4 Sep 2026

Targeting EFHD1 Protein Prevents Severe Obesity-Related Metabolic Liver Damage

Obesity-related metabolic liver disease affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, but only some fraction of those livers develop scarring, become inflamed, and eventually fail.

2 Sep 2026

Drugs News and Research

Marine Carbohydrate Therapeutics: From Structural Diversity to Clinical Translation

Latent HIV Viral Proteins Drive Persistent Low-Grade Brain Inflammation During ART

UCLA Team Develops Advanced Immunotherapy to Fight Dangerous Arterial Plaques

Antidepressant Withdrawal, Not Relapse, Linked to Mood Changes

Infected Macrophages Release Inflammatory Signals That Accelerate Surrounding Lung Infection

Breakthrough Study Explains Developmental Origins of the Human Brain

Researchers Reveal How p53 Tumor-Suppressor Protein Hide From T Cells

Combining Massive Genomic Cohorts With Single-Cell Analysis to Track Autoimmune Diseases

Tracking Dynamic Mitochondrial Networks Beyond Flat Snapshots Assesses Cellular Health

Uncovering B Cell Signaling Pathways to Enhance Targeted T Cell Immunotherapies

New Mathematical Models Track Surface Protein Interactions to Map Evolutionary Terrains

Scientists Identify Molecular Mechanism Behind Persistent Obesity and Weight Relapse

SMART Researchers Discover First PLP-Dependent Enzyme That Influences Bacterial Protein Production

IU Biologists Find a Hidden Weak Spot in How Bacteria Build the Tails They Use to Move

Synchronized Gene Regulatory Pathways Defend C. diff Against Host and Microbiota Threats

Advanced RNA Sequencing Separates Rare Regenerative Cells From Mature Tissue

Research Identifies Microorganisms That Convert Precursors Into Testosterone

Research Maps Complex Molecular Rules Governing Specialized Tumor Immunity

New Understanding of Brain Circuitry Genes Opens Door for Targeted OCD Therapies

Targeting EFHD1 Protein Prevents Severe Obesity-Related Metabolic Liver Damage

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