Sea slug study illuminates how mitochondria move within cells
JUPITER, FL – Your cells have an amazing ability—they can build their own energy factories, called mitochondria. Once built, mitochondria must move where needed in the cell. Defects in mitochondrial...
View ArticleScientists discover link in brain between anxiety and weight loss
JUPITER, FL – Scripps Research scientists have published a study revealing a shared mechanism for both anxiety and weight loss. Their research, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, describes a key...
View ArticleHumans may be capable of producing a quintillion different antibodies
LA JOLLA, CA – An analysis by Scripps Research scientists of billions of distinct antibody-producing immune cells sampled from human volunteers indicates that the human antibody “repertoire” is far...
View ArticleScripps Research Chemist Matthew D. Disney Awarded the Sackler Prize
JUPITER, FL — Chemistry Professor Matthew D. Disney, PhD, of Scripps Research in Jupiter, Florida, has been awarded the Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Chemistry from Tel Aviv...
View ArticleBreast cancer cells shifted into HER2 positive status with bold new strategy
JUPITER, FL — When women or men receive the worrisome diagnosis of breast cancer, that news comes with an important piece of information, namely, whether their cancer is HER2-positive or HER2-negative....
View ArticleWhitehall Foundation honors two pioneering Scripps Research scientists
LA JOLLA, CA – Neuroscientists Giordano Lippi, PhD, and Li Ye, PhD, of Scripps Research have received grants from the Whitehall Foundation to support their studies into brain function. Each researcher...
View ArticleEngineered immune cells produce antibodies to fight HIV
Cells removed from patients’ bloodstreams and genetically altered may allow more effective vaccines for HIV, influenza, hepatitis.read more
View ArticleRamanarayanan Krishnamurthy named co-leader of NASA program to study chemical...
LA JOLLA, CA — Scripps Research professor Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy, PhD, has been named co-leader of a new NASA initiative to investigate how life emerged from Earth’s early environments.read more
View ArticleElectric car batteries inspire safer, cheaper way to manufacture compounds...
La Jolla, CA – Recent advances in battery technology, from the engineering of their cases to the electrochemistry that takes place inside them, has enabled the rapid rise of Teslas, Leafs, Volts and...
View ArticleUK National Health Service launches Topol Program for Digital Fellowships in...
Program supports workforce training recommended by Eric Topol, MD, in an independent review of the digital future of the National Health Service.read more
View ArticlePromising compound selectively kills brain cancer stem cells
LA JOLLA, CA – Scripps Research scientists have discovered a compound that potently and selectively kills the stem-like cells that make glioblastoma brain cancers so deadly.read more
View ArticleScientists discover a potential strategy to treat influenza A
In a breakthrough with applicability across many flu strains, researchers find a potential small molecule that mimics antibodies to treat disease.read more
View ArticleEric Topol pens book on artificial intelligence in medicine
New book shows how artificial intelligence will empower physicians and patients with potential to revolutionize healthcare---and bring back the care.read more
View ArticleScientists hunt down the brain circuit responsible for alcohol cravings
LA JOLLA, CA — Scientists at Scripps Research have found that they can reverse the desire to drink in alcohol-dependent rats—with the flip of a switch. The researchers were able to use lasers to...
View ArticleTrio of new medicines originate from Scripps Research discoveries
La Jolla, CA - While billions of investment dollars pour into pharmaceutical development in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry sector each year, centers of academic excellence remain the...
View ArticleDiscovery of life-extension pathway in worms demonstrates new way to study aging
LA JOLLA, CA – An enzyme-blocking molecule can extend the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans roundworms by as much as 45 percent, largely by modulating a cannabinoid biological pathway, according to a...
View ArticleScripps Research discoveries pave way to clinical trial of new type of HIV...
La Jolla, CA – The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) announced today the start of a Phase I clinical trial to test a novel HIV vaccine candidate, an advance in vaccine design enabled by...
View ArticleLeading cause of muscular dystrophy in adults responds to new treatment
JUPITER, FL — People diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy type 1 have difficulty unclenching muscles due to a type of genetic defect that generates toxic material within their cells. There is currently no...
View ArticleChemistry feat suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA could have...
LA JOLLA, CA – Scientists for the first time have found strong evidence that RNA and DNA could have arisen from the same set of precursor molecules even before life evolved on Earth about four billion...
View ArticleScripps Research receives highest possible charity rating
LA JOLLA, CA — Following a qualitative review of dozens of performance metrics valued by charitable givers, Scripps Research has been awarded an “exceptional” rating of four stars, indicating it...
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