News Category: Press Release

Experimental HIV vaccine achieves a long-sought goal

In a first for the field, all non-human primates given a new series of vaccines generated antibodies capable of fighting multiple strains of HIV.

Scripps Research chemist Jin-Quan Yu is named a Fellow of the Royal Society

Yu is honored by the U.K.’s national academy of sciences for his work in synthetic organic chemistry.

Scripps Research’s Skaggs Graduate School awards doctoral degrees to 34th graduating class

Scripps Research establishes endowed chair honoring renowned structural biologist Ian Wilson

Keren Lasker to be inaugural chair holder

How changes to proteins can alter drug interactions for new precision therapies

Scripps Research team maps how chemical modifications to proteins affect drug binding across the human proteome.

Scripps Research immunologist Dennis Burton elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

A leader in broadly neutralizing antibodies, Burton has helped drive global efforts to develop vaccines for HIV, influenza and more.

Scripps Research chemist Benjamin Cravatt elected to American Philosophical Society

Scripps Research ranks third in 2026 Cure Innovation Index

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Jin-Quan Yu elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Yu is recognized for his pioneering work in synthetic organic chemistry.

How a chemical reaction triggers brain inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease

Scripps Research scientists discovered that a chemically modified protein puts the brain’s immune cells in a state of damaging, chronic overactivation—and that blocking it protects brain cell connections.