Solutions to Advance Drug Developmentby Marnie WillmanOrgan-on-a-chip models show promise to increase the accuracy of drug testing outcomes
NewsStructural Studies Offer 'How-To' Guide for Designing Cancer Drugsby The Scripps Research InstituteBy revealing how the structure of the PI3Kα protein changes in cancer cells, scientists point toward ways to target it
NewsA Better Understanding of How the Most Commonly Used ADHD Medication Worksby ElsevierMethylphenidate enhances brain activity in reward and cognitive control networks in children with ADHD
NewsA New Test Quickly Detects Scopolamine and MDPV in Saliva and Drinksby Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaThe new test can detect drugs in 15 minutes using just a sample of saliva or drink and a mobile phone
NewsChemists Make Strides toward a Marijuana Breath Analyzerby University of California - Los AngelesBy oxidizing THC to create an electric current, a UCLA team’s fuel cell sensor can reveal the presence of the drug
NewsAre Drug Regulators Sufficiently Independent from the Companies They Regulate?by BMJ-British Medical JournalExpert says regulators need their own independent watchdog
NewsResearchers Describe New Protein Structures to Aid Rational Drug Designby Texas A&M AgriLife CommunicationsNew ideas for treatments may come from newly solved structures of the C1 domain of protein kinase C
Ask the ExpertSupporting the Migration of Legacy Methods Using a Risk-Based Approachby Douglas Turk, PhD,Uttam GhoshHow a contract research organization applied a new approach to migrating validated test methods
NewsNew Drug Screening Method Answers Why Alzheimer’s Drugs Failby University of California - San DiegoMethod looks at what disease mechanisms, or endotypes, change in patients’ neurons as a result of treatment
NewsDetecting Small Amounts of Fentanylby Harvard UniversityNew technology could help law enforcement detect smaller amounts of fentanyl with a higher degree of accuracy than any other field-testing tool
NewsSome CBD Products May Yield Cannabis-Positive Urine Drug Testsby Johns Hopkins MedicineSmall study concludes that caution is warranted for users of “high CBD, low THC” cannabis products