Trends in pharmacological sciences

Despite the availability of effective hormonal contraceptive methods, nearly half of pregnancies worldwide remain unintended, highlighting the urgent need for innovative, nonhormonal options. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a biomarker f…

Men experience higher cancer incidence and mortality than women, and accumulating evidence implicates androgen receptor (AR) signaling as a key biological driver of these sex-based disparities. AR signaling can suppress adaptive anticancer …

Endometriosis is a common, chronic, incurable condition the hallmark of which is the presence of lesions (tissue resembling endometrium) in sites outside the womb, with symptoms including chronic debilitating pain and fatigue. However, curr…

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder characterized by abdominal pain and altered bowel habit that affects ~11% of the global population. Over the past decade, preclinical and clinical studies have revealed a…

Since the FDA approval of the first therapeutic antibody 35 years ago, antibody-based products have gained prominence in the pharmaceutical market. Building on the early successes of monoclonal antibodies, more recent efforts have capitaliz…

Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are a family of functionally diverse and widely expressed cation channels involved in a variety of cell signaling and sensory pathways. Research in the last two decades has not only shed light on …

Endometriosis is a chronic, hormone-dependent, inflammatory disease, characterized by the presence and growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. It affects 5-10% of the female population of reproductive age and is frequently …

Modulation of a specific prostanoid synthase or receptor provides therapeutic alternatives to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for treating pathological conditions governed by cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2 or PTGS2). Among the COX-2 …