Triazoles are privileged five-membered aromatic heterocycles featuring three consecutive nitrogen atoms, and have emerged as versatile scaffolds in ...

Physics and Chemistry scholars from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have invented a new method which could speed up the drug discovery process and lead to the production of higher quality ...

Cannabis is the second most-used drug in Australia, after alcohol. Previously, all cannabis use was illicit but since 2016, medicinal cannabis has been accessible in Australia. Now, hundreds of ...

It is a relief to see that some actions are being taken to safeguard the nation’s medicinal drugs supply. Marking the World Antimicrobial Resistance Week, Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa stated ...

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla on Saturday called for a strict restriction on the use of cannabis for production of medicinal drugs. Reacting to the decision of the government to ...

Enhanced technologies and research standards for plant research could help strengthen the contribution of traditional Chinese medicine to drug discovery. Plants can be frustratingly inconsistent. With ...

Plants have long been used by humans for treating a wide range of ills from childhood leukemia to hangovers. Indeed, many of the pharmaceuticals currently available to Western doctors have a long ...

Scientists are finding clues for how to treat diabetes and hormone disorders in an unexpected place: a toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet. A multinational research team led by ...

Harry Sumnall receives and has received funding from public grant awarding bodies for alcohol and other drugs research. He was an unpaid member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) ...