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Scientists Revive a Last-Resort Antibiotic Against Superbugs
Science

Scientists Revive a Last-Resort Antibiotic Against Superbugs

Instead of developing an entirely new antibiotic, researchers paired vancomycin with a compound that restores its power against resistant bacteria.

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Texas A&M's New Laser Tool Measures the Quantum Forces Behind Drugs
Technology

Texas A&M's New Laser Tool Measures the Quantum Forces Behind Drugs

A Texas A&M team has built a laser-based technique called TRIP that can directly measure the faint quantum forces holding proteins and drugs together — a powerful new tool for the next generation of medicines.

3 min read
New Alzheimer's Drug Slows Brain Damage and Extends Life in Mice
Science

New Alzheimer's Drug Slows Brain Damage and Extends Life in Mice

Researchers identified a fresh Alzheimer's target inside brain cells and built an experimental compound that, in mice, reduced nerve-cell loss and helped the animals live longer.

3 min read
AlphaFold Spin-Off Raises $2.1B to Hunt Drugs With AI
Technology

AlphaFold Spin-Off Raises $2.1B to Hunt Drugs With AI

Isomorphic Labs, the DeepMind offshoot built around Nobel Prize–winning AlphaFold, just landed one of the biggest funding rounds in AI biotech to scale its drug pipeline.

2 min read
McGill Scientists Find Hidden 'Switch' That Turns On Fat Burning
Science

McGill Scientists Find Hidden 'Switch' That Turns On Fat Burning

Researchers at McGill University have uncovered a molecular switch in brown fat that ramps up calorie burning in mice — and it could also lead to better treatments for bone disease.

3 min read
New Mass Spectrometer Prototype Can Analyze a Billion Molecules at Once
Science

New Mass Spectrometer Prototype Can Analyze a Billion Molecules at Once

Researchers at Rockefeller University have built a revolutionary mass spectrometer prototype called MultiQ-IT that processes billions of ions simultaneously, potentially transforming drug discovery and single-cell biology.

3 min read