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Stamp bags are small wax packets that contain mixtures of illicit drugs, most commonly heroin, packaged for sale and sometimes stamped with a graphical logo by drug dealers to market their contents. Analysis shows huge rise in fentanyl content.

Novel screening method shows promise for finding new targets for already-approved drugs such as kinase inhibitors.

Researchers demonstrate the addition of widely available antioxidants to the current standard-of-care prevents vision loss in an animal model of a rare genetic disease.

Life sciences professionals and business development dealmakers from all walks of industry, academia and government have a new interchange at SLAS2018 – SLAS Ignite, a series of programs that foster scientific innovation through collaboration, debuts at the 2018 SLAS International Conference and Exhibition.

'Hairy' nanoparticles made with light-sensitive materials that assemble themselves could one day become "nano-carriers" providing doctors a new way to simultaneously introduce both therapeutic drugs and cancer-fighting heat into tumors.

Two viruses closely related to Zika – West Nile and Powassan – can spread from an infected pregnant mouse to her fetuses, causing brain damage and fetal death, according to a new study. The findings suggest that Zika may not be unique in its ability to cause miscarriages and birth defects.

Researchers have for the first time identified the molecular machinery responsible for the secretion of dopamine in the brain.

Mother Machine is a lab-on-a-chip that will allow the regulation of genes inside a single bacterial cell to be visualized.

Domainex Ltd, a privately-owned drug discovery services company, is pleased to announce that Dr Kevin Doyle has been appointed Head of Chemistry with immediate effect.

A newly published article explores the development and validation of a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with high sensitivity and selectivity for bioanalysis of bevacizumab (BEV), a monoclonal antibody used for immunotherapy of different types of cancer.