PRESS RELEASES
May 22, 2018: Novel RNA-Modifying Tool Corrects Genetic Diseases, Including Driver of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
June 15, 2017: Scripps Florida Scientist and Collaborators Win $7 Million Grant to Develop New ALS Treatments
March 9, 2017: Potential Drug Candidates Halt Prostate and and Breast Cancer Growth
2017: Scripps Florida Scientist Named Finalist for Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
December 12, 2016: TSRI Scientists Devise New Approaches to Personalized Medicines
October 6, 2015: Scripps Florida Scientist Wins Coveted National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award
June 3, 2016: Scripps Florida Chemist Named Finalist for Blavatnik Awards
June 1, 2016: Scripps Florida Scientists Create Compound that Erases Disease-Causing RNA Defects
May 4, 2016: Scripps Florida Awarded $2.5 Million to Advance Development of RNA-Based Therapeutics
May 9, 2016: Scripps Scientists Pioneer a Breakthrough Approach to Breast Cancer Treatment
October 13, 2015: Scripps Florida Scientist Wins Prestigious Tetrahedron Young Investigators Award
September 2, 2014: Scripps Florida Scientists Make Diseased Cells Synthesize Their Own Drug
August 14, 2014: Scripps Florida & Mayo Clinic Team Up to Successfully Target Common Mutation in Lou Gehrig’s Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia
February 9, 2014: Scripps Florida Scientists Invent Breakthrough Approach to Quickly Identify New Drug Candidates from Genome Sequence
January 2, 2014: Scripps Florida Scientists Uncover Most Detailed Picture Yet of Muscular Dystrophy Defect then Design Targeted New Drug Candidates
August 5, 2013: Scripps Florida Scientists Devise New Way to Dramatically Raise RNA Treatment Potency
June 28, 2013: Scripps Florida Scientists Turn Muscular Dystrophy Defect On and Off In Cells
December 20, 2012: Scripps Florida Scientists Create New Approach to Destroy Disease-Associated RNAs in Cells
(also featured in the News Section of the NIGMS home page)
November 9, 2012: Two Scripps Research Institute Scientists Honored By American Chemical Society
October 9, 2012: Scripps Research Institute Scientists Devise New Screening Method to Aid RNA Drug Development Research
Scripps Florida Scientists Design Molecule that Reverses Some Fragile X Syndrome Defects
(also featured in Science Newsline)
September 6, 2012: Scripps Florida designs new compound that shows promise against tremor ataxia syndrome
July 1, 2012: MMD Research: Blocking Harmful Interactions
March 12, 2012: Podcast on our work on developing drugs for Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy
Podcast on rational design of small molecules targeting RNAs that cause incurable disease
February 23, 2012: Rational design of small molecules targeting incurable disease II (see podcast above)
February 22, 2012: Rational design of small molecules targeting incurable disease (see podcast above)
February 22, 2012: Scripps Research Scientists Create Potent Molecules Aimed at Treating Muscular Dystrophy
February 7, 2012: Highlight of our work on targeting toxic RNAs II
January 26, 2012: Highlight on our work to target RNA Defects in Huntington’s and other diseases
January 23, 2012: Highlight of our work on targeting toxic RNAs III
January 18, 2012: Highlight of our work on targeting toxic RNAs
January 17, 2012: Scripps Research Scientists Create Novel RNA Repair Technology