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    Shape-shifting ribosomes ‘tune’ the cellular response to stress

    When ribosomes malfunction, disease is not far behind.

  • Tethered antibodies present a potential new approach to prevent influenza virus infections all season long
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    Tethered antibodies present a potential new approach to prevent influenza virus infections all season long

    This is the first time four antibodies have been tethered together and tried against influenza.

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    Scientists find potential path for countering oxidative stress in a range of diseases

    Scientists at Scripps Research have made a surprising discovery in their mission to understand how cells stay healthy, uncovering an important connection between a cell’s sugar metabolism and its antioxidant response.

  • Scripps Research awarded $3.3 million grant to study brain circuitry
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    Scripps Research awarded $3.3 million grant to study brain circuitry

    The funding will support research in the Stowers lab to describe a complete neural circuit in a mammalian brain—a first for science.

  • Solving a 100-year mystery in blood pressure research
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    Solving a 100-year mystery in blood pressure research

    New insight into how cells sense blood pressure could present better targets for treating hypertension.

  • Synthetic microorganisms allow scientists to study ancient evolutionary mysteries in the laboratory
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    Synthetic microorganisms allow scientists to study ancient evolutionary mysteries in the laboratory

    Scripps Research scientists use the tools of synthetic biology to engineer organisms similar to those thought to have lived billions of years ago

  • Scripps Research Translational Institute and NVIDIA partner to advance artificial intelligence in genomics and digital medicine
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    Scripps Research Translational Institute and NVIDIA partner to advance artificial intelligence in genomics and digital medicine

    The partnership seeks to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence for disease prevention, health promotion and the streamlining of biomedical research efforts.

  • Scientists capture images of antibodies working together against malaria
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    Scientists capture images of antibodies working together against malaria

    "It’s as if they link arms together to form a stronger complex..."

  • Engineered enzyme eliminates nicotine addiction in preclinical tests
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    Engineered enzyme eliminates nicotine addiction in preclinical tests

    Scientists at Scripps Research have successfully tested a potential new smoking-cessation treatment in rodents.

  • Jupiter Chemist Matthew Disney named BioFlorida’s Entrepreneur of the Year
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    Jupiter Chemist Matthew Disney named BioFlorida’s Entrepreneur of the Year

    Disney’s research has changed how scientists approach so-called “undruggable” diseases.

  • Researchers look beyond BMI to predict obesity-related disease risk
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    Researchers look beyond BMI to predict obesity-related disease risk

    Predictors of future diabetes and cardiovascular disease for a person with obesity can be found among their body's metabolites.

  • Team gets a closer look at how proteins meet on the cell membrane
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    Team gets a closer look at how proteins meet on the cell membrane

    New understanding of cell biology could give scientists a potential way to tackle cancer cells. 

  • PIEZO2, a molecular target for treating clinical pain
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    PIEZO2, a molecular target for treating clinical pain

    Researchers identify the protein responsible for allodynia, a kind of pain that follows gentle touch.

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    Scripps Research creates Board of Overseers

    Founding members will help guide academic, scientific and business strategies.

  • Scripps Research Translational Institute welcomes academic nursing expert Lorraine Evangelista
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    Scripps Research Translational Institute welcomes academic nursing expert Lorraine Evangelista

    Lorraine S. Evangelista, PhD, RN, has joined the Scripps Research Translational Institute as associate scientific director for the All of Us Research Program’s Participant Center.

  • Study evaluates potential of online consultation platform for physicians
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    Study evaluates potential of online consultation platform for physicians

    Researchers investigate the potential of such platforms for leveraging expert medical knowledge for patient care around the world.

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    Noted mathematician Benedict Gross joins Scripps Research Board of Directors

    Gross is widely recognized for his contributions to number theory and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1986.

  • Scripps Research scientist Ben Cravatt receives Outstanding Investigator Award from National Cancer Institute
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    Scripps Research scientist Ben Cravatt receives Outstanding Investigator Award from National Cancer Institute

    "The NCI expects big things from us, and we embrace that challenge," Cravatt says.

  • Newly discovered long noncoding RNA plays critical role in brain growth and signaling
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    Newly discovered long noncoding RNA plays critical role in brain growth and signaling

    The results suggest that healthy growth and development of brain cells and brain circuits depends not just upon specific proteins but also upon specific long noncoding RNAs

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    ‘Double agent’ in the immune system may make us vulnerable to bacterial infections

    “I call the molecule a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing,’ ” says Namir Shaabani, PhD.

  • ReFRAME drug repurposing collection yields hope for treating diseases that kill millions worldwide
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    ReFRAME drug repurposing collection yields hope for treating diseases that kill millions worldwide

    Calibr scientists build and deploy new ReFRAME drug collection to find potential therapies against HIV, tuberculosis and parasites that causes severe illness in children.

  • Professor Wendy Havran named 2018 Outstanding Mentor
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    Professor Wendy Havran named 2018 Outstanding Mentor

    The recognition reflects Havran’s skills in encouraging trainees to find their place in the research world

  • Michael Erb receives NIH Director’s Early Independence Award
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    Michael Erb receives NIH Director’s Early Independence Award

    The award will support new research into how to design drugs to target cancer cells.

  • With new NIH support, Florida scientists to develop faster, cheaper way to screen potential drugs
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    With new NIH support, Florida scientists to develop faster, cheaper way to screen potential drugs

    Thomas Kodadek, PhD, will lead the project to make drug development more efficient and less expensive.

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