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  Electric car batteries inspire safer, cheaper way to manufacture compounds used in medicines

  Inspired by electric car batteries, researchers developed a battery-like system that allows them to make potential advancements for the manufacturing of medicines.

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  Scripps Research chemists design ‘miniecosystems’ to test drug function

  Scripps Research scientists have solved a major problem in chemistry and drug development by using droplet-sized ‘miniecosystems’ to quickly see if a molecule can function as a potential therapeutic.

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  Translational Institute receives $34 million NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award

  "We are thrilled to have the NIH’s continued support for our efforts to advance individualized medicine, both in care of patients and in training of young physicians and scientists."

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  Molecule that dilates blood vessels hints at new way to treat heart disease

  Scientists have identified a protein, called GPR68, that senses blood flow and tells small blood vessels called arterioles when to dilate. 

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  A new cross-coupling simplifies the synthesis of drug-like molecules

  "It’s already clear that this method opens the door to creating new types of compounds and new types of bonds."

• New Equipment at Scripps Florida Will Advance Drug Discovery

  The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility at the Florida campus of Scripps Florida is becoming one of the most advanced in South Florida, thanks to a new $600,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health.

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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.

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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.

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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.

• TSRI Chemists Unveil Versatile New Method for Making Chiral Drug Molecules

  "This method essentially mimics the ability of the enzymes in our cells to turn simple organic molecules into chiral molecules."