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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

Need phylogenetic trees? Got supercomputer app for that

July 3, 2012 no comments

By Rex Graham A new Web resource developed at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego is helping thousands of researchers worldwide unravel the enigmas of Read More

Potent antimicrobial peptides in skin — alternative to conventio

May 30, 2012 no comments

By Rex Graham As antibiotic-resistant bacteria have become one of the world’s most pressing public health problems, scientists have found a novel source of antimicrobial peptides: skin cells. Skin ce Read More

New cancer Achilles heel: cell membrane ‘copper pump’

May 17, 2012 no comments

By Rex Graham A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has made new discoveries about a copper-transporting protein in the membranes of human cells that drug-discovery scientists can Read More

Algae researchers create edible vaccine against malaria

May 16, 2012 no comments

Algae researchers at the University of California, San Diego have engineered potential edible vaccine candidates for malaria. The proof-of-principle experiments could pave the way to the development Read More

Researchers advance new theory about cause of Parkinson’s disease

April 30, 2012 no comments

By Rex Graham More researchers support a new theory about the cause of Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative diseases based on evidence of an alternative explanation. Scientists using gen 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

Supercomputer reboot: Tackling genomics, analyzing big data

March 21, 2012 no comments

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego has completed a supercomputer reboot as a center of expertise on genomics and analysis of large medical data sets. You can call it a three-ye 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