Members of a new class of antivirals are being tested in U.S. clinical trials, and one has gained approval in Japan, but how ...

UC Davis researchers have developed a new method that uses light to transform amino acids - the building blocks of proteins - ...

Harvard Medical School researchers have uncovered crucial insights into how an emerging class of antiviral drugs works.

On a morning in November 2023 Eamon Keenan, a psychiatrist who runs addiction services at Ireland’s state-funded health-care provider, received a worrying phone call. “People in homeless accommodation ...

Scientists at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and University center Unisanté classified 35 commonly used drugs in Switzerland based on their impact on the aquatic biodiversity. Scientists at the ...

Researchers identify a shared RNA-protein interaction that could lead to broad-spectrum antiviral treatments for ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent problems facing humanity, but it’s been decades since we last developed a new class of these drugs. That could all be about to change thanks to the ...

CHICAGO — A big breakthrough in cancer research and it’s all due to a tiny structure. The science was developed in Chicago. They took an old drug and made it better. The restructured drug appears to ...

It's known as a party drug of choice: cheap, readily available, and a “really good intensifier”. But ketamine wasn't designed for recreational use - it's a powerful anaesthetic, with a nasty dark side ...