Structure-based drug design is the design and optimization of a chemical structure with the goal of identifying a compound suitable for clinical testing — a drug candidate. It is based on ...

In 2020, Sue Bell became one of the first Alzheimer's patients in the U.S. to receive the drug now marketed as Leqembi. Four years later, she and her husband, Ken, halted the treatment.

Antiretroviral drugs are used to treat HIV infection. They work by blocking a stage of the virus's life cycle and, by doing so, prevent the virus from replicating. The drugs are organized into six ...

In jails and prisons, drugs are still available, effective treatment is rare, and overdoses occur. People can also cycle in and out of jail, ending up back on the street without meaningful care or ...

Subscribe to the Daily News Brief. Mexican authorities have been waging a deadly battle against drug cartels for nearly two decades, but with limited success. Thousands of Mexicans—including ...

It is well known that the experimental and instrumental parameters directly affect the electrochemical process and voltammetric response of drugs. Consequently, it would be interesting to investigate ...

False Belief 1: Drug experimentation is normal for teens and shouldn’t alarm parents. Drug use and experimentation among teens often is ignored by many—even parents, who then may be unaware ...

The typical dosage of Rybelsus is 4 or 7 milligrams (mg) per day. Your specific dose will vary based on which formulation you take and how well it works for you. It’s important to take the ...

The men, returning from a night out, had pulled over to smoke heroin. Unknown to them, the drug had been fortified with a nitazene compound called isotonitazene, a highly potent new synthetic opioid.

In late 2022, at the age of 46, Cook joined a clinical trial that set out to test a combination of the weight-loss drug semaglutide — better known by its brand names, Ozempic or Wegovy — and ...

Lee was a crew member aboard the Cutter Waesche, which “was conducting a routine counter-drug patrol approximately 300 nautical miles south of Mexico” when Lee was discovered to be missing.