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Alumni adventures: Catching up with student intern Daniel Million

Million reflects on how a summer internship at Sanford Burnham Prebys accelerated his scientific career.

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Fighting rare diseases: Finding treatments and bringing hope to families

Two patients whose lives were saved by discoveries made by Hudson Freeze, Ph.D., and José Luis Millán, Ph.D., joined the scientists for a conversation about what this work means to them and how their lives have been impacted.

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Starving tumors by blocking glutamine uptake

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have identified a drug candidate that blocks the uptake of glutamine, a key food source for many tumors, and slows the growth of melanoma.

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Could low-cost leprosy drug clofazimine be repurposed for COVID-19?

Scientists pointed to clofazimine, a low-cost leprosy drug first approved by the FDA in 1986, as a possible COVID-19 drug after finding promising anti-coronavirus activity in hamsters.

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Decades-Old Leprosy Drug Inhibits Coronaviruses, May Treat COVID-19

In an effort to find new treatments for COVID-19 that could be made available quickly, researchers searched through FDA-approved drugs to identify candidates that may inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication. Researchers found that a decades-old anti-leprosy drug exhibits potent antiviral activities against many coronaviruses—including SARS-CoV-2.