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New research identifies a gene that could provide a new target for developing medication to prevent and treat alcoholism.

Decades of research papers show how female scientists’ work was overlooked.

The amount of information and data which workers find themselves confronted with every day has increased enormously over the past few years. As a result, decision-makers are often supported by digital information systems. But what effect do these tools have on the people using them? And do these information systems make users “stupid” because they, the users, are no longer being challenged? Quite the contrary, say new research.

An experimental chemotherapy drug that can be taken orally is moving into early phase clinical trials.

Researchers have launched an ultra-large virtual docking library expected to grow to more than 1 billion molecules by next year. It will expand by 1000-fold the number of such “make-on-demand” compounds readily available to scientists for chemical biology and drug discovery.

A simple drug cocktail that converts cells neighboring damaged neurons into functional new neurons could potentially be used to treat stroke, Alzheimer's disease, and brain injuries.

A protein sensor has been developed to glow in the presence of nicotine, allowing researchers to observe nicotine's movements in cells and reveal more about the nature of nicotine addiction.

An unexpected finding in preclinical platelet studies by Baker Institute researchers could provide a novel approach to targeting and destroying difficult-to-treat cancer cells, providing new therapeutic options for a range of cancers.

Scientists have developed a drug capsule that allows the oral delivery of insulin, meaning patients with diabetes that are reliant on insulin therapy could soon have an alternative to subcutaneous injections.

Why are fat deposits more likely to occur after tears of the shoulder’s rotator cuff, compared with other types of muscle injuries?