Medicinal chemists working on antibiotic development have one crucial advantage over those in other therapeutic areas, perhaps particularly those in oncology: they can exploit the considerable molecular differences between bacterial and human cells and proteins. In contrast, oncologists target ordinary human cells that have been modified in various ways, picking […]
When Spanish police were informed of an illegal electricity tap, a small building stealing a huge amount of power from its neighbors, they suspected an indoor marijuana farm. After all, weed needs a lot of lights and hydroponics if you want to grow it in the middle of Seville. But […]
The UFC is looking to get involved with research into psychedelic drugs as a therapy for fighters’ brain health. The promotion has been in contact with Johns Hopkins University about its psychedelics studies with an eye toward seeing if the drugs can be helpful for fighters dealing with brain issues, […]
Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska has been provisionally suspended after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found a banned substance in an out-of-competition urine sample, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Thursday. Yastremska, 20, provided the sample in November and a WADA lab in Montreal found the presence of mesterolone metabolite, an […]
LONDON: The UN AIDS agency is warning that the coronavirus pandemic could jeopardize the supply of AIDS drugs in developing countries and could lead to deadly shortages in the next few months. In a statement on Monday, UNAIDS said a survey it recently conducted found that lockdowns and border closures […]
