Imagine writing a letter of life-and-death importance and trying to mail it only to discover that you have the wrong address, the wrong envelope and no way to buy a stamp. Robert Langer of the ...

Numerate, a San Bruno, Calif., "drug engineer," said it has acquired all intellectual-property assets of Pharmix, a Brisbane, Calif., startup that designed drugs via computer. The company's release is ...

AMES, Iowa – Laboratory video tells the story: tiny, parasitic worms swimming freely in a nutrient solution are active and mobile; expose the same kind of worms to a mixture of four drugs optimized by ...

The proceeds will be used to accelerate Isomorphic Labs’ pipeline of therapeutic programmes and further develop its IsoDDE AI drug design engine.

(BOSTON) - A new strategy for engineering protein fusions -- to make specific cell-targeted drugs without side effects -- could enable a safer, more potent class of protein drugs. A team at the Wyss ...

The non-toxic polymer is commonly used to prevent freezer burn in ice cream, keep toothpaste moist and, more crucially, help cancer drugs reach their target and stay in the body longer. PEG’s ...

When disease outbreaks happen, response time in developing and distributing treatments is crucial to saving lives. Unfortunately, developing custom drugs as countermeasures is often a slow and ...

Millions of people around the globe are affected by cancer each year; more than 39% of men and women are diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime. Chemotherapy is the most commonly employed, ...

Hovione, a global integrated specialist CDMO, and Industrial Design Consultancy Ltd (IDC), an international product ...

The development of new medications brings numerous challenges. One key obstacle is that cells of the immune system will rapidly remove drugs and nanoparticles from circulation, resulting in less of ...

Fail fast, fail cheap is a common clich in drug development. Studies project that anywhere from 4060% of potential drugs candidates fail in development due to absorption, distribution, metabolism, ...