drug-discovery
3 stories tagged "drug-discovery"
Drugs & FDA
The Blue Light Over Your Fish Tank Is Now Building Drug Molecules
University at Buffalo chemists swapped harsh UV for a soft blue LED and got something the old chemistry rarely gives: two modifications to a molecule from a single reaction step.
Brain & AgingA molecule your body already makes coaxed exhausted brain cells back to fighting Alzheimer's
Spanish and Swiss researchers report that OLE, a fatty-acid amino-acid the body already makes, coaxed sluggish microglia to surround amyloid plaques and improve memory in Alzheimer's mice.
Nutrition & FoodYour Food Has 139,000 Molecules. Standard Nutrition Science Tracks About 150.
A May 2025 NEJM review pegs the chemical complexity of the human diet at more than 139,000 molecules. USDA-style databases track around 150. That gap is not a footnote, and it is why so much nutrition guidance keeps aging badly.