The vaccine adds three more targets to a human vaccine candidate that showed promise

More accurate protein insights help researchers and pharmaceutical companies drive scientific breakthroughs

Researchers have discovered a way to structurally modify vancomycin to make an already-powerful version of the antibiotic even more potent

Small, randomized clinical trial reported measurable, but transient, benefits after single dose of suramin, highlighting novel causative theory and need for more, larger and longer trials

Detecting and measuring leachables in pharmaceuticals

Penn researchers find blocking the activity of the ANGPTL3 protein strongly lowers triglycerides and cholesterol in pilot clinical trial

Scientists at Kyoto University have used a reengineered spider venom peptide to deliver biomacromolecules into a cell

Researchers are analyzing the genetics of human immune responses to develop the basis of an effective vaccine or drug therapy against Epstein-Barr Virus, or EBV

The findings, published online May 18 in the journal Cell, could lead to the first broadly effective ebolavirus therapies and vaccines

Chemicals block sperm's power kick, potentially providing new type of emergency contraceptive

"Mini organs" may aid in understanding, treating respiratory diseases

Through the technology—modeling a human heart on an engineered chip and measuring the effects of compound exposure on functions of heart tissue using microelectrodes—researchers hope to decrease the time needed for new drug trials