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

Human circadian clock, San Diego Biotechnology Connection

Discoveries in 2012 are providing important details that explain how genetics, age, sex, and light exposure govern circadian clocks. Image: SDBC 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...

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Anopheles stephensi, Renato M.E. Sabbatini, San Diego Biotechnology Connection

Algae researchers create edible vaccine against malaria

The Anopheles stephensi mosquito transmits the protozoan Plasmodium falciparum, which causes malaria. Photo: Renato M.E. Sabbatini Algae researchers at...

Michael Marletta and a microbial matrix, San Diego Biotechnology Connection

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

Michael Marletta, president and CEO of the Scripps Research Institute, is leading a group of researchers that is trying to understand the biosynthesis...

The Two Peters: Peter S. Kim and Peter G. Schultz, San Diego Biotechnology Connection

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

Peter S. Kim (left), Ph.D., president of Merck Research Laboratories, recruited Peter G. Schultz, Ph.D., professor of chemistry at The Scripps Research...

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Circadian clocks key to health, crop productivity

Green fluorescent protein causes the E. coli to glow when circadian clocks in the cells are activated. Image: UCSD...

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