Fast and spurious
Did you ever wonder: Hey, the original SARS outbreak was 15 years ago, why don’t we just use the SARS vaccine we put our (and every...
Target practice
The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic have seen a rush to repurpose existing approved or near approval drugs, due to the urgency of the...
Pheno-menal
The truth wins out in the end. Time and again we have fallen in love with spectacular molecular techniques of drug discovery, but Mother...
Back to plaque
Alzheimer’s Disease is an asteroid headed directly at Earth. An astonishing 1 in 4 Americans are expected to develop this devastating...
Shock drop
There are drug adverse events, and then there are the Voldemorts of drug adverse effects, whose which-must-not-be-named. Bleeding in...
At tissue
Context counts. If you are running towards the scene of a crime, you are doing something and you ARE something VERY different than if...
Reading cancer's résumé
Thinking about battling cancer without understanding its tissue of origin would be like hiring someone without knowing about their...
No holds–barred!
Clinical holds are lost battles in the war against drug attrition. The process of drug development critically revolves around the FDA’s...
Thymus up: the hidden powers of HCAC7
Some autoimmune diseases, like lupus, affect multiple tissues, but some, like inflammatory bowel disease, affect only specific types. A...