February 22, 2024

GBR-12909 suppresses cancer stem cell functions

Journal Club: In the February issue of Nature Cancer, CJ Bergin and coworkers from the University of Ottawa demonstrated that vanoxerine (GBR-12909), a well-known dopamine transporter […]
February 5, 2024

Focus Biomolecules at Biophysical Society 2024

Focus will be exhibiting at the BPS Biophysical Society meeting, Feb 11 – 13, 2024, in Philadelphia. Stop by our booth #1008 and chat with our […]
November 28, 2023

Focus Biomolecules at ASCB Cell Biology

Focus Biomolecules will be exhibiting at American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) in Boston, MA, starting December 3, 2023. Stop by our booth #332 and chat […]
November 6, 2023

Focus Biomolecules at SfN Society for Neuroscience

Focus Biomolecules will be exhibiting at Neuroscience in Washington, DC, starting November 12, 2023. Stop by our booth #2836 and chat with our scientists!   Learn […]
November 6, 2023

“New” paclitaxel mechanism of action

There has been a paradigm shift in the view of how taxol works–rather than stopping cell division, it causes cell death due to chromosomal instability via […]
July 28, 2023

Microbial Metabolite Research Tools

Product Focus: Microbial Metabolite Research Tools! Numerous microbial metabolites have become highly useful probes for studying cell biology because they block (or stimulate) key signaling pathways. […]
June 22, 2023

Focus Biomolecules at WCP Pharmacology

Focus Biomolecules will be exhibiting at the World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology in Glasgow, Scotland July 2-7. Stop by our booth and browse our […]
June 9, 2023

Probiotics and immune checkpoint inhibitors

Journal Club: MJ Bender and coworkers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine reported recently (in Cell) fascinating microbial-host crosstalk between probiotic-released aryl hydrocarbon receptor […]
June 9, 2023

Pain research news

Journal Club: In a paper just out in Nature Communications, Arthur Neuberger and coworkers report the cryo-electron microscopy structures of human TRPV1 in the apo state […]