There's a useful concept from psychology that helps explain why good people do things that harm the environment: the false consensus effect. That's where we overestimate how acceptable and prevalent our own behavior is in ...
Environment
Feb 15, 2021
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When you take a medication, you want to know precisely what it does. Pharmaceutical companies go through extensive testing to ensure that you do.
Biochemistry
Oct 5, 2020
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An innovative genetic study of blood protein levels, led by researchers in the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (MRC-IEU) at the University of Bristol, has demonstrated how genetic data can be used to support drug target ...
Biotechnology
Sep 7, 2020
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Many pharmaceuticals work by targeting what are known as 'G-protein-coupled receptors.' In a new study, scientists from Uppsala University describe how they have been able to predict how special molecules that can be used ...
Biochemistry
Jun 24, 2020
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With stay-at-home orders expiring around the world, many hope that COVID-19 antibody testing will help businesses and institutions reopen safely. Determining whether people have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 is a key tool ...
Other
Jun 10, 2020
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Over 80% of chemicals used to make pharmaceuticals sold in Europe originate from China or India, according to the European Fine Chemicals Group. When COVID-19 emerged in Wuhan and spread across the globe, experts worried ...
Other
Apr 29, 2020
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Over the past few decades, there have been a handful of incidents in which manufacturing processes for making protein drugs became contaminated with viruses at manufacturing plants. These were all discovered before the drugs ...
Biotechnology
Apr 27, 2020
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A previous study has shown that a type of squill growing in Madeira produces a chemical compound that may be useful as a medicinal drug. But a new study from researchers at Uppsala University has shown that this is probably ...
Biochemistry
Apr 3, 2020
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Drug therapies that help older adults maintain their skeletal muscle mass and physical function for longer could be a step closer after researchers at the University of Birmingham identify a key mechanism that drives the ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 23, 2020
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It seems too good to be true: a single drug that could treat humanity's worst afflictions, including atherosclerosis, cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and arthritis. All of these diseases have one thing in common—they involve ...
Other
Feb 19, 2020
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