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The Scripps Research scientists leading the Huang Foundation-supported projects. From left: Terrence Messmer, Sarah Burbach, Matthew Holcomb, Bryan Briney, Stefano Forli, Benjamin Cravatt, Christopher Parker, Andrew Ward and Charles Bowman.
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Scripps Research garners major support for AI innovations in biomedicine with compute grant from Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang Foundation

Chi-Huey Wong.
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Scripps Research professor Chi-Huey Wong to receive ACS Alfred Bader Award

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    Scientists Unravel How Protein Impacts Intellectual Disability

    Scientists from the Florida campus of Scripps Research have shown that a protein helps balance nerve cell communication.

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    HitGen Announces Drug Discovery Collaboration with the Scripps Research Institute and the California Institute for Biomedical Research (Calibr)

    Leaders in basic and translational research at TSRI and Calibr will provide target materials and relevant know‐how to prosecute drug targets of interest.

  • Massive Chromosome Fusions? Neurons Don’t Care
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    Massive Chromosome Fusions? Neurons Don’t Care

    Brain cells appear less vulnerable to DNA damage than previously thought, according to a new study led by scientists at Scripps Research.

  • Closer Look at Brain Circuits Reveals Important Role of Genetics
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    Closer Look at Brain Circuits Reveals Important Role of Genetics

    Scientists at Scripps Research in La Jolla have revealed new clues to the wiring of the brain.

  • Broad Advance from TSRI Chemists Dramatically Simplifies Olefin Synthesis
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    Broad Advance from TSRI Chemists Dramatically Simplifies Olefin Synthesis

    New method expected to replace textbook reactions, enable syntheses of many new candidate drugs and other molecules.

  • Co-authors of the study hold the ingredients to successfully carry out the new method. Left to right: David Peters, Ming Yan, Jie Wang, Chao Li and Lisa Barton. (Photo by Madeline McCurry-Schmidt.)
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    Chemists Devise Simple Method for Making Sought-After Boronic Acid-Based Drugs and Other Products

    Initial demonstrations yield compounds with promise for treating COPD, cystic fibrosis and other lung disorders.

  • Surprising Brain Change Appears to Drive Alcohol Dependence
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    Surprising Brain Change Appears to Drive Alcohol Dependence

    A new study led by scientists at Scripps Research could help researchers develop personalized treatments for alcoholism and alcohol use disorder.

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    Scripps Florida Scientist Awarded $4.8 Million to Bring HIV Vaccine Closer to Human Trials

    The new funding will support a five-year project, led by Professor Michael Farzan, to bring a potential HIV vaccine closer to human clinical trials.

  • New Approach Makes Cells Resistant to HIV
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    New Approach Makes Cells Resistant to HIV

    "HIV is treatable but not curable—this remains a disease that causes a lot of suffering."

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    TSRI Researchers Discover a Signal Driving Type 1 Diabetes

    "What we've done is get to the root cause of T1D, and this allowed us to use strategies to prevent diabetes."

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    The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) Expands New Board of Directors with the Appointment of Yucaipa Companies Founder and Philanthropist Ron Burkle

    Burkle is Founder and Chairman of the Ronald W. Burkle Foundation, whose mission is to positively influence people around the world and their communities.

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    Experimental Small Molecule Shows Potential in Preventing Meth Relapse

    New research suggests that meth takes advantage of the brain’s natural learning process.

    Neuroscience Chitra Mandyam
  • A Molecular On/Off Switch for CRISPR
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    A Molecular On/Off Switch for CRISPR

    The researchers believe this new understanding of anti-CRISPR proteins may eventually lead to more sophisticated and efficient tools for gene editing.

  • TSRI Researchers Develop New Method to ‘Fingerprint’ HIV
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    TSRI Researchers Develop New Method to ‘Fingerprint’ HIV

    "The ability to identify the glycan fingerprint on HIV’s glycoprotein will help us develop a vaccine that matches what is found on the virus."

  • Philip Dawson Named Dean of The Scripps Research Institute’s Graduate Program
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    Philip Dawson Named Dean of The Scripps Research Institute’s Graduate Program

    Dawson brings to his new role more than 25 years’ experience at Scripps Research as a student, alumnus, faculty member and associate dean.

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    Scientists Discover New Class of Anti-Diabetes Compounds that Reduce Liver Glucose Production

    Scientists may have found a new tool for studying—and maybe even treating—Type 2 diabetes, the form of diabetes considered responsible for close to 95 percent of cases in the United States.

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    Researchers Discover Key to Drug Resistance in Common Breast Cancer Treatment

    Two immune system molecules may be key to the development of drug resistance in estrogen-driven breast cancers.

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    Scripps Florida Scientists Develop New Drug Delivery Method for Cancer Therapy

    The new method involves a class of pharmaceuticals known as antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), which include some of the most promising next-generation antibody therapeutics for cancer.

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    Potential Drug Candidates Halt Prostate and Breast Cancer Growth

    Next, the researchers plan to further develop their molecule-screening strategy into a platform to test molecules against any form of RNA defect-related disease.

  • In the Battle for Real Estate, a Disordered Protein Wins Out
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    In the Battle for Real Estate, a Disordered Protein Wins Out

    "This work at the molecular level has a real potential to benefit patients."

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    Fighting Blindness: TSRI Scientists Bring a Key Protein into Focus

    Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered how a protein called α2δ4 establishes proper vision.

  • New Enzyme-Like Tool Lets Chemists Modify Hard-to-Reach Spots on Drug Molecules
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    New Enzyme-Like Tool Lets Chemists Modify Hard-to-Reach Spots on Drug Molecules

    Chemists at Scripps Research have devised a versatile molecule-building tool for creating new drugs and other chemical products.

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    TSRI Researchers Find Standard Pacemakers and Defibrillators Safe for MRI Using a New Protocol

    "Given the great clinical demand for MRI for patients with a standard pacemaker or defibrillator, we wanted to determine the risk."

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    TSRI-Invented Compound Ozanimod Shows Positive Results in Late-Stage Clinical Trial for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis

    Results from a new Phase 3 study conducted by the Celgene Corporation demonstrate that ozanimod, a drug candidate originally discovered and optimized at Scripps Research, can reduce the frequency of multiple sclerosis relapse.

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