News tagged with drug discovery research

Survey reveals scientists have trouble accessing human embryonic stem cell lines

The promise of stem cell research for drug discovery and cell-based therapies depends on the ability of scientists to acquire stem cell lines for their research.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

BGI develops RNA-Seq (Quantification) from as low as 100 Ng total RNA

Beijing Genomics Institute reported that they have achieved optimization RNA-Seq (Quantification) library construction with total RNA inputs as low as 100 ng. This breakthrough enables the application of RNA-Seq (Quantification) ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New class of compounds offers great potential for research and drug development

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have identified a class of compounds that could be a boon to basic research and drug discovery.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 15, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researcher develops new way to study single biological molecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sanjeevi Sivasankar was looking for a better tool to study how cells adhere to each other.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists block Ebola infection in cell-culture experiments

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered two biochemical pathways that the Ebola virus relies on to infect cells. Using substances that block the activation of those pathways, they've ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0