The Scripps Research Institute

Circadian clock drugs coming to treat cancer, diabetes, other diseases

August 13, 2012 no comments

By Rex Graham Potential circadian clock drugs with relevance to a broad spectrum of diseases from cancer and diabetes to sleep disorders are the offshoots of discoveries reported this year that expla Read More

‘Cure for HIV’ in sight, scientists refine research targets

August 3, 2012 no comments

By Rex Graham Pfizer (PFE) has the only FDA-approved drug in a class called CCR5 antagonists, and a “cure for HIV” will most likely focus on CCR5, top scientists agree. If not Pfizer̵ Read More

Vaccine against HIV goal of $77 million NIH grant to Scripps Research

July 11, 2012 no comments

By Mika Ono The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif. – July 11, 2012 – The Scripps Research Institute has been awarded a grant expected to total more than $77 million from the National Institu Read More

Synthetic drugs easier to make with new chemistry tools

June 27, 2012 no comments

Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute have invented a new way to add small organic molecules to larger ones in ways that can be applied to the modification of existing drugs to improve them or g Read More

Drug discovery tools at Scripps sought by Bristol-Myers Squibb

June 18, 2012 no comments

By Rex Graham A new five-year collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) announced June 15 by The Scripps Research Institute is one of the latest of “hundreds” of technology licensing deals b Read More

Microbes use slimy biofilm matrix to dodge our slo-mo bullets

April 26, 2012 no comments

By Rex Graham Scientists are making progress in understanding a nearly invisible but very real threat to human health, a slimy biofilm matrix that conjures the invisible force fields of the classic s Read More

Drug discovery scientists ‘two Peters’ in $90 million Merck institute

March 18, 2012 no comments

By Rex Graham “The two Peters” is a suddenly popular term among San Diego drug-discovery scientists excited about the formation of a new drug-discovery research institute in La Jolla. This disruptive Read More

Paid life sciences internships, free biotech job-training in San Diego

February 28, 2012 no comments

San Diego County high school students with good grades and a passion for the life sciences have until March 31 to apply for an unforgettable, paid eight-week life sciences internships this summer in Read More

Targeted drug treatment closer for sufferers of chronic pain

January 27, 2012 no comments

By Rex Graham Millions of sufferers of chronic pain worldwide have neuropathic pain, a type of continuous or episodic burning, coldness, pins-and-needles or other sharply painful sensations triggered Read More

Routine oxidation in cells casts doubt on anti-oxidant benefits

December 13, 2011 no comments

By Rex Graham Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute question assumed anti-oxidant benefits after they identified the importance of a novel protein-regulating mechanism that can employ hydrogen Read More