Calibr names drug development veteran Pamela Garzone as chief medical officer
Garzone brings deep experience in translational research and clinical development to advance Calibr’s growing pipeline of drug candidates.read more
View ArticleDiscovery of bacterias protein quality control agent offers insight into...
JUPITER, FL — Our cells’ process for transforming genes into useful proteins works much like an automobile factory’s assembly line; there are schematics, parts, workers, motors, quality control...
View ArticlePrescription drug costs steadily soar, yet price transparency is lacking
Scripps Research analyzed pharmacy insurance claims from over 35 million Americans, finding ‘continual, marked, annual increases’ of popular brand-name drugs, with price jumps often timed with...
View ArticleScripps Research scientists reveal exceptional structural detail of novel...
Using cryogenic electron microscopy, researchers gained crucial structural and functional insights into proton channels involved in balance, taste and yet-unidentified roles in human health.read more
View ArticleNew immunotherapy insights: Killer T cells that amplify immune response to...
In new research, scientists from Scripps Research show that a protein called interleukin-27, or IL-27, is able to boost the body’s production of an especially beneficial type of self-renewing killer T...
View ArticleAn influenza virus mutation could be the secret to better egg-based seasonal...
Scientists at Scripps Research have found that a mutation called G186V could be a useful addition to the H3N2 influenza vaccine. As they reported in Cell Host & Microbe, preparing a seasonal flu...
View ArticleFDA to consider Scripps Research drug ozanimod for treatment of multiple...
LA JOLLA, CA – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a New Drug Application for ozanimod, a potential treatment for multiple sclerosis that was created at Scripps Research. The...
View ArticleJeanne Loring named Stem Cell Pioneer of the Year in inaugural Xconomy Awards
Genomics researcher Jeanne Loring, PhD, professor emeritus at Scripps Research and founding director of the institute’s Center for Regenerative Medicine, was honored as “Stem Cell Pioneer of the Year”...
View ArticleChemist John Yates receives 2019 ASMS John B. Fenn Award for innovations that...
The American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) has named Scripps Research Professor John Yates III, PhD, as the 2019 recipient of the prestigious John B. Fenn Award for Distinguished Contributions...
View ArticleAmbassadors from more than 35 countries visit Scripps Research on State...
La Jolla, CA — More than 35 ambassadors representing countries across four continents toured Scripps Research June 17 to learn more about San Diego’s biomedical research sector as part of the U.S....
View ArticleBroadly neutralizing antibody prevents lethality from fentanyl class of...
Scripps Research scientists develop a first-ever monoclonal antibody that can mitigate the effects of fentanyl and carfentanil, and overcome shortfalls of existing overdose-treatment options.read more
View ArticleScripps Research ranked top U.S. nonprofit scientific institute for second...
La Jolla, CA - Scripps Research is the top nonprofit scientific institute in the United States for producing high-quality research, according to the 2019 Nature Index Annual Tables, based on...
View ArticleSociety of Heterocyclic Chemistry honors Dale Boger with E.C. Taylor Senior...
LA JOLLA, CA – Dale Boger, PhD, the Richard and Alice Cramer Professor of Chemistry at Scripps Research, has been awarded the E.C. Taylor Senior Award by the International Society of Heterocyclic...
View ArticleFDA accepts IND application for novel immunotherapeutic for prostate cancer...
La Jolla, CA – Calibr, the drug development division of Scripps Research, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its investigational new drug application (IND) for...
View ArticleRetinal protein-transport discovery may help define new strategies for...
Study reveals how proteins from the eye’s nerve cells relay visual cues to different parts of the brain read more
View ArticleDiscovery of hidden outbreak hints that Zika virus can spread silently
A genomics study of travel-associated Zika cases reveals an undiscovered outbreak in Cuba in 2017, underscoring the need for coordinated disease surveillance.read more
View ArticleDiscovery paves the way for earlier detection of type 1 diabetes
Using single-cell analysis of immune cells involved in the onset of diabetes, a new study provides ample evidence to warrant a next phase of research with patients.read more
View ArticleBrain cells that suppress drug cravings may be the secret to better addiction...
LA JOLLA, CA – For the nearly 20 million U.S. adults who are addicted to drugs or alcohol, no effective medical treatment exists—despite plentiful scientific knowledge surrounding the factors that...
View ArticleElectrochemistry breakthrough simplifies creation of coveted molecules needed...
New method for making hindered ethers significantly improves production yield while reducing expense and reaction steps.read more
View ArticleScientists find cause of debilitating eye disease
LA JOLLA, CA – Scientists at Scripps Research, the Lowy Medical Research Institute (LMRI) and collaborating research organizations have discovered one cause of a progressive, debilitating eye disease...
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