A new understanding of protein movement
UD engineers uncover role of surface diffusion in protein transport, which could aid biopharmaceutical processingCredit: Photo courtesy of Ohnmar Khanal, ...
Tag: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Cell ‘membrane on a chip’ could speed up screening of drug candidates for COVID-19
Credit: Susan Daniel/Cornell University Researchers have developed a human cell 'membrane on a chip' that allows continuous monitoring of how ...
Scientists propose strategy for site-selective chiral drug synthesis in living systems
Credit: CIAC Enantioselectivity plays an important role in the pharmacological and toxicological processes of chiral drugs. In chiral drug synthesis ...
Tracking the spread of mosquito insecticide resistance across Africa
Credit: Penelope Hancock In a step toward better control of the mosquitoes that transmit malaria, researchers have mapped the patterns ...
Cloning stem cells to find a cure for Crohn’s disease
Researchers find rogue stem cells lurking withinCredit: University of Houston For over a decade Wa Xian, research associate professor of ...
Two NAU research centers receive Flinn Foundation funding to support COVID-19 response
Grants to support testing of vaccines and treatments for the coronavirus in NAU's Pathogen and Microbiome Institute (PMI) and disease-intervention ...
Cellular nanosponges could soak up SARS-CoV-2
Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02278 Scientists are working overtime to find an effective treatment for COVID-19, the ...
A $26.9-million project to create better psychiatric medications without side effects
Credit: UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC - June 16, 2020 - Rapidly acting drugs to treat depression, anxiety, ...
Researchers flush out worrying trend of designer drug use
Credit: University of South Australia In a sign that designer drugs are becoming more prevalent in Australia, synthetic cathinones - ...
Promising path found for COVID-19 therapeutics
Team of UGA scientists building on previous SARS researchCredit: UGA Athens, Ga. - A team of researchers at the University ...
RCSI researchers find potential new way to improve treatment for common bleeding disorder
Credit: RCSI Scientists have found a potential new way to promote blood clotting that could be used to help develop ...
Substandard hand sanitizers readily available on market, confirm pharmacists
'...the general public are often unaware that such products cannot ensure disinfection and are not fit for use amid the ...
Glycolysis involved in immunosuppression by polyphenol; PCB2DG
Credit: Sachi Tanaka, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Department of Agriculture, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Shinshu University ...
Researchers shed light on new enzymatic reaction
CABBI scientists at Illinois develop environmentally efficient process for compound synthesis with ties to pharmaceutical and bioenergy fieldsCredit: CABBI Communications ...
Synthetic red blood cells mimic natural ones, and have new abilities
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08714 Scientists have tried to develop synthetic red blood cells that mimic the ...
$2 million SBIR grant fast-tracks cancer drug platform technology
Credit: Herman O. Sintim/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer, is one of ...
Solubilizer Captisol enables body to absorb authorized COVID-19 drug therapy
Credit: Valentino Stella, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at KU LAWRENCE -- When the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency-use ...
Study: Ultra-thin fibres designed to protect nerves after brain surgery
Credit: Johanna Zech Brain surgery poses a major threat to nerve cells. Even slight injuries can kill the sensitive cells. ...
Scientists finally crack nature’s most common chemical bond
Carbon-hydrogen bonds in hydrocarbon molecules have resisted functionalization until nowCredit: John Hartwig, UC Berkeley The most common chemical bond in ...
Nanobowls serve up chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells
Credit: Nano Letters 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00495 For decades, scientists have explored the use of liposomes -- hollow spheres made of ...