Medicinal chemistry, also known as pharmaceutical chemistry, is a branch of chemistry focused on the development of new drugs and the improvement of existing ones. It is an interdisciplinary field ...

The San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas is leading an effort to turn plants into better medicines. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge explains what we already know about herbal remedies — and what ...

What makes medicinal plants heal? A massive global project is decoding the DNA of over 1200 herbs to uncover nature’s ...

The German polymath Hildegard von Bingen, a Benedictine abbess in the High Middle Ages, developed a holistic view of healing while working in her monastery’s herb garden and caring for the sick in its ...

"My registered name is Hemerson Dantas dos Santos, but you can add ‘Pataxó Hãhãhãi’ at the end, which is the Indigenous people I belong to." This is how the interview began, conducted by Medscape’s ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda use plants to treat wounds and help injured companions, revealing potential roots of human medicine.

Medicinal plants have been an essential part of traditional healing systems across cultures, from Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine to folk remedies passed down through generations. In India, ...

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