A research team led by Prof. Ben Ko Chi-bun, Associate Professor of the PolyU Department of Applied Biology and Chemical ...

In a recent study published in PLoS Pathogens, researchers described a novel antiviral mechanism of action for an FDA (food and drug administration)-approved thiopurine known as 6-thioguanine (6-TG).

One might expect that researchers would know how methylphenidate works in the brain by now, but little is known about the drug's mechanism of action. Now, a new study seeks to close this gap and ...

Dave Lahr, PhD, is currently leading the computational biology group at Foghorn Therapeutics, a biotech startup focused on treating diseases by correcting abnormal gene expression. In the early days ...

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a rapidly emerging class of therapeutic agents that combine the target specificity of a monoclonal antibody (mAb) with the lethality of cytotoxic cellular poison.

Malaria represents one of the most serious threats to human health worldwide, and preventing and curing this parasitic disease still depends predominantly on the administration of a small number of ...

Race Oncology has achieved a breakthrough with its lead drug candidate RC220, identifying for the first time the primary ...

Many inventions build on or combine previously known elements, requiring the Patent Office and courts to determine which combinations of, or improvement on, previously known elements are entitled to ...