Dana-Farber researchers say discovery may help identify kidney cancer and melanoma patients that will benefit from checkpoint inhibitor treatment

The drug significantly reduces body weight and blood cholesterol levels without lowering food intake in obese mice

The research, published in the journal Cell, shows a route toward creating opioids that relieve pain without causing the severe side effects at the heart of the opioid epidemic

Vitamin C had no activity by itself, but in two independent experiments, the combination of vitamin C with the first-line TB drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin, reduced the organ burdens faster than the two drugs without vitamin C

A drug developed for diabetes could be used to treat Alzheimer's after scientists found it "significantly reversed memory loss" in mice through a triple method of action

It's time to develop alternatives to antibiotics for small infections and to do so quickly

Scientists have peered deep into the heart of a key protein used in drug design and discovered dynamic structural features that may lead to new ways to target diseases

Computational modeling key in design

Researchers from three different universities are  working together to develop and test what they think could be a better way to fight the flu

Labs at Duke and other academic centers collaborate to identify alternatives to antibiotics