Novel pharmaceutical discovery and development is an expensive, difficult, and inefficient process, primarily due to the lack of models that accurately present the appropriate condition or that ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers introduced a phenotypic screening assay for identifying compounds with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 ...

As the human body ages, cellular changes can drive a host of age-related diseases and conditions. The appearance of aging cells, also called senescent cells, in age-related diseases has spurred the ...

Researchers of the Li Lab, led by Prof. Sijin Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, recently developed a new yeast-based screening method to identify key enzymes that synthesize medicinal ...

UBC Okanagan researchers have uncovered how plants create mitraphylline, a rare natural compound linked to anti-cancer ...

What if there was a way to make aging brain cells younger again? An international research team from Spain and Luxembourg recently set out to address this question. After developing an aging clock ...

Identifying this compound is an important step in that process. Whether chloronitramide anion will be linked to any cancers or has other adverse health risks will be assessed in future work by ...

While once considered taboo, magic mushrooms have recently experienced an increase in popularity and social acceptance. This renaissance partly stems from new findings about the impact of ...

Firmenich International has filed a patent for methods to identify compounds enhancing kokumi taste by modulating the T1R1/T1R3 taste receptor. The patent also covers the use of these compounds in ...