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16-Oct-2015 10:00 AM EDT
TSRI Scientists Find Way to Make Leukemia Cells Kill Each Other
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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a way to change leukemia cells into leukemia-killing immune cells. The surprise finding could lead to a powerful new therapy for leukemia and possibly other cancers.

Released: 15-Oct-2015 4:00 PM EDT
German and US Partners Join Forces in Stem Cell Research to Accelerate Development of New Therapies
Scripps Research Institute

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute in California, USA, and two German institutes, the Center for Integrated Psychiatry Kiel and the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, have announced a partnership to advance the quality control of human stem cells.

Released: 13-Oct-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientist Wins Prestigious Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award
Scripps Research Institute

Matthew Disney, a professor on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute, has won the 2016 Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award for Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, a distinction recognizing a scientist who have exhibited "exceptional creativity and dedication."

5-Oct-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientist Wins Coveted National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award
Scripps Research Institute

Matthew Disney, a professor on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute has been awarded the National Institutes of Health’s prestigious 2015 Pioneer Award. The award enables scientists to develop groundbreaking approaches with a significant impact on broad areas of biomedical science.

Released: 5-Oct-2015 4:05 PM EDT
New TSRI Metabolomic Platform Reveals Fundamental Flaw in Common Lab Technology
Scripps Research Institute

A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute shows that a technology used in thousands of laboratories, called gas chromatography mass spectrometry, fundamentally alters the samples it analyzes.

Released: 30-Sep-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Scientists Identify Key Neurotransmitter Receptor as Potential Target for Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have uncovered a significant—and potentially treatable—relationship between a chemical that helps transmit signals in the brain and genetic mutations present in a subset of individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

Released: 28-Sep-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Identify Promising Drug Candidate to Treat Chronic Itch That Avoids Side Effects
Scripps Research Institute

In a new study, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) describe a class of compounds with the potential to stop chronic itch without the adverse side effects normally associated with medicating the condition.

Released: 23-Sep-2015 8:00 AM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Awarded $6 Million to Develop Alternative HIV/AIDS Vaccine
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have been awarded up to nearly $6 million dollars from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a revolutionary HIV/AIDS alternative vaccine that has demonstrated great potential in animal models.

Released: 22-Sep-2015 4:05 PM EDT
TSRI Scientists Win $1.5 Million Grant to Investigate Sense of Smell
Scripps Research Institute

The National Science Foundation has awarded more than $1.5 million to Lisa Stowers, associate professor at The Scripps Research, to support research using 1,000 odor molecules.

Released: 22-Sep-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Identify a Key Morphine Regulator that May Reduce Risk of Pain-Killer Abuse and Addiction
Scripps Research Institute

A new study from The Scripps Research Institute has shown that a specific molecule controls morphine receptor signaling in a small group of brain cells. The findings could lead to a new drug target for developing less-addictive pain medications.

Released: 18-Sep-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Scripps Research Institute Names Peter Schultz as CEO, Steve Kay as President
Scripps Research Institute

The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) today announced the appointment of chemist Peter G. Schultz as CEO and biologist Steve A. Kay as President.

Released: 17-Sep-2015 10:30 AM EDT
TSRI and UC San Diego Launch New Consortium to Create ‘Virtual Cell’
Scripps Research Institute

Drawing on complementary strengths of two San Diego institutions, The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California, San Diego have formed a new consortium with a big mission: to map cells in space and time.

Released: 16-Sep-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Scripps Research Institute Receives $5.65 Million Gift From San Diego Philanthropist Helen Dorris
Scripps Research Institute

The Scripps Research Institute announced today that it has received a $5.65 million gift from Helen Dorris, a San Diego mental health advocate and founder of TSRI’s Dorris Neuroscience Center.

Released: 3-Sep-2015 2:05 PM EDT
TSRI Scientists Win Up to $10 Million to Complete Preclinical Trials for New Migraine Treatment
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have received a grant of nearly $4.5 million—with the possibility of up to $10 million including outsourced studies—from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to complete preclinical studies on a new anti-migraine drug candidate.

Released: 25-Aug-2015 8:00 AM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists’ Structural Discoveries Could Aid in Better Drug Design
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute Florida campus have uncovered the structural details of how some proteins interact to turn two different signals into a single integrated output, findings that could aid future drug design.

24-Aug-2015 8:05 AM EDT
New Study by TSRI and Janssen Makes Major Advance Toward More Effective, Long-Lasting Flu Vaccine
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) have found a way to induce antibodies to fight a wide range of influenza subtypes—work that could one day eliminate the need for repeated seasonal flu shots.

Released: 20-Aug-2015 10:05 AM EDT
TSRI Scientists Uncover Surprising Mechanism Behind Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered that the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus develops resistance to the antibiotic arylomycin by “switching on” a previously uncharacterized set of genes, explaining higher antibiotic resistance rates in some bacteria.

11-Aug-2015 3:05 PM EDT
International Team Discovers the Ancient Origins of Deadly Lassa Virus
Scripps Research Institute

Working as part of an international team in the United States and West Africa, a researcher at The Scripps Research Institute has published new findings showing the ancient roots of the deadly Lassa virus, a relative of Ebola virus, and how Lassa virus has changed over time.

12-Aug-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Team Finds a Better Way to Engineer Therapeutic Proteins into Antibodies
Scripps Research Institute

A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has devised an improved method to re-engineer proteins into larger proteins, such as antibodies, to improve their usefulness.

Released: 10-Aug-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Determine How Antibiotic Gains Cancer-Killing Sulfur Atoms
Scripps Research Institute

With implications for future drug design, scientists The Scripps Research Institute’s Florida camps have shown an unprecedented mechanism for how a natural antibiotic with antitumor properties incorporates sulfur into its molecular structure, an essential ingredient of its antitumor activity.

Released: 6-Aug-2015 1:05 PM EDT
TSRI Chemists Report Nicotine-Chomping Bacteria May Hold Key to Anti-Smoking Therapy
Scripps Research Institute

A study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute explores a bacterial enzyme that might be used as a drug candidate to help people quit smoking. The research shows this enzyme can be recreated in lab settings and possesses a number of promising characteristics for drug development.

3-Aug-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Show How Aging Cripples the Immune System, Suggesting Benefits of Antioxidants
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have shown how aging cripples the production of new immune cells, decreasing the immune system’s response to vaccines and putting the elderly at risk of infection.

Released: 4-Aug-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Makes Strides in Therapy Preventing Addiction Relapse by Erasing Drug-Associated Memories
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have made a discovery that brings them closer to a new therapy based on selectively erasing dangerous and tenacious drug-associated memories.

Released: 28-Jul-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Receive $1.4 Million to Study Drug Candidates for Neurological Disorders and Other Diseases
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have been awarded $1.4 million from the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore the development of drug candidates for a wide range of conditions, including circadian rhythm disorders.

   
Released: 27-Jul-2015 8:00 AM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Win $1.5M to Study New Strategies for Parkinson’s Disease and Other Disorders
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have been awarded nearly $1.5 million from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to explore the therapeutic potential of a class of proteins that play essential roles in the regulation and maintenance of human health.

Released: 23-Jul-2015 10:05 AM EDT
TSRI Researcher Wins $4.5 Million in Grants to Support Development of AIDS Vaccine
Scripps Research Institute

The Scripps Research Institute has been awarded two grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation totaling more than $4.5 million to fund new tools to collect and process high-resolution images of HIV proteins interacting with antibodies with goal to develop a vaccine against HIV/AIDS.

Released: 16-Jul-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Receive $2.8 Million to Develop Innovative Approach to Latent HIV Infection
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute Florida campus have been awarded a pair of grants totaling nearly $2.8 million to develop a new therapeutic agent to reduce latent levels of HIV that hide from the immune system in infected individuals.

Released: 15-Jul-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Pinpoint Mechanism for Altered Pattern of Brain Growth in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have uncovered how mutations in a specific autism risk gene alter the basic trajectory of early brain development in animal models.

Released: 9-Jul-2015 10:05 AM EDT
TSRI Scientists Win $1.2M Grant to Study Environmental Triggers of Lupus & Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scripps Research Institute

Researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have received a grant of more than $1.2 million from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ ViCTER program to augment existing research into how environmental factors trigger such autoimmune diseases.

Released: 8-Jul-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Scripps Research Institute-Designed Drug Candidate Significantly Reduces HIV Reactivation Rate
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that, unlike other antiretroviral therapies, a natural compound called Cortistatin A establishes a near-permanent state of latency and greatly diminishing the HIV virus’ capacity for reactivation.

Released: 30-Jun-2015 8:00 AM EDT
Small RNAs Found to Play Important Roles in Memory Formation
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have found that a type of genetic material called “microRNA” plays surprisingly different roles in the formation of memory in animal models. In some cases, these RNAs increase memory, while others decrease it.

Released: 27-Jun-2015 5:05 PM EDT
TSRI and Biotech Partners Find New Antibody Weapons against Marburg Virus
Scripps Research Institute

A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute identifies new immune molecules that protect against deadly Marburg virus, a relative of Ebola virus. The research provides ingredients needed to develop treatments for future Marburg outbreaks.

23-Jun-2015 1:05 PM EDT
TSRI Team Gets New Close-Up View of Key Part of Ebola Virus Life Cycle
Scripps Research Institute

A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute reveals a key part of the Ebola virus life cycle at a higher resolution than ever before. The research sheds light on how Ebola virus assembles—and how researchers might stop the often-fatal infection.

Released: 24-Jun-2015 8:30 AM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Awarded $3.5 Million to Expand Development of New Diabetes Therapies
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have been awarded $3.5 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to accelerate development of a new class of anti-diabetic compounds.

12-Jun-2015 2:05 PM EDT
TSRI Study Points to Unexplored Realm of Protein Biology, Drug Targets
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have devised a powerful set of chemical methods for exploring the biology of proteins. The techniques are designed to reveal protein interactions with lipids.

16-Jun-2015 12:05 PM EDT
TSRI Research Leads to 3D Structures of Key Molecule Implicated in Diseases of the Brain
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have teamed up with several other institutions and pharmaceutical companies, to publish the first 3D structures of a receptor implicated in many diseases of the brain and in normal physiology throughout the body.

17-Jun-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Team Shows AIDS Vaccine Candidate Successfully ‘Primes’ Immune System
Scripps Research Institute

New research led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and The Rockefeller University shows in mice that an experimental vaccine candidate designed at TSRI can stimulate the immune system activity necessary to stop HIV infection.

Released: 15-Jun-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Scripps Florida Study Points to Drug Target for Huntington’s Disease
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have established conclusively that an activating protein, called “Rhes,” plays a pivotal role in focusing the toxicity of Huntington’s disease.

12-Jun-2015 5:30 PM EDT
TSRI Chemists Find Efficient, Scalable Way to Synthesize Potential Brain-Protecting Compound
Scripps Research Institute

Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute have invented the first practical, scalable method for synthesizing jiadifenolide, a plant-derived molecule that may have powerful brain-protecting properties.

   
10-Jun-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Identify a Potential New Treatment for Osteoporosis
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified a new therapeutic approach that, while still preliminary, could promote the development of new bone-forming cells in patients suffering from bone loss.

9-Jun-2015 10:05 AM EDT
New Study Brings Together Neuroscience and Psychology to Paint More Complete Picture of Sleep and Memory
Scripps Research Institute

A new study from The Scripps Research Institute, Florida campus, integrates neuroscience and psychological research to reveal how sleep suppresses certain nerve cell activity that promotes forgetting, insuring that at least some memories will last.

10-Jun-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Uncover Unique Role of Nerve Cells in the Body’s Use of Energy
Scripps Research Institute

While it is well-known that weight gain results from an imbalance between what we eat and our energy expenditure, not so obvious is the role the nervous system plays in controlling energy balance. Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have shed light on the question.

Released: 10-Jun-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Win $2.1 Million to Study Protein Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have been awarded $2.1 million from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study a protein that has been closely linked in animal models to Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease.

8-Jun-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Show Antitumor Agent Can Be Activated by Natural Response to Cell Stress
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have found that a drug candidate with anticancer potential can be activated by one of the body’s natural responses to cellular stress. Once activated, the agent can kill prostate cancer cells.

29-May-2015 6:05 PM EDT
Hormone ‘Erases’ Male Smell for Female Mice
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found that state-specific odor “blindness” exists in female mice, who cannot sense the odor of male mice when in diestrus, the period of sexual inactivity during the reproductive cycle, pointing to new avenues for studying senses and behavior.

Released: 27-May-2015 8:00 AM EDT
Scripps Florida Scientists Win $2.2 Million to Expand Study of Innovative Obesity Therapy
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute Florida campus have been awarded nearly $2.2 million by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to advance an innovative approach to the treatment of obesity.

Released: 21-May-2015 2:00 PM EDT
Modern Alchemy: TSRI Chemists Devise Synthesis of Valuable Exotic Compounds
Scripps Research Institute

Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a broad, strikingly inexpensive method for synthesizing “amines,” a class of organic compounds prominent in drugs and other modern products. The new reaction is particularly useful for synthesizing complex amines valuable in pharmaceuticals, but impractical—or impossible—to make with standard methods.

12-May-2015 1:05 PM EDT
TSRI Scientists Identify Interferon Beta as Likely Culprit in Persistent Viral Infections
Scripps Research Institute

Interferon proteins are normally considered virus-fighters, but scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found evidence that one of them, interferon beta, has an immune-suppressing effect that can help some viruses establish persistent infections.

Released: 11-May-2015 3:05 PM EDT
TSRI Researchers Investigate an Enzyme Important for Nervous System Health
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute, working closely with researchers at the National Institutes of Health, have mapped out the structure of an important protein involved in cellular function and nervous system development.

Released: 11-May-2015 2:05 PM EDT
TSRI Scientists Link Brain Protein to Binge-Drinking Behavior
Scripps Research Institute

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered that a brain protein has a key role in controlling binge drinking in animal models.



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