Using a molecular motor to switch the preference of anion-binding catalysts
Credit: R. Dorel / University of Groningen Many organic molecules are chiral, which means that they are non-superimposable on their ...
Tag: Pharmaceutical/Combinatorial Chemistry
Drug decreases gut leakiness associated with ulcerative colitis
UC Riverside-led study is the first to show how tofacitinib affects epithelial cells lining the gutCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. ...
Key to rubustness of plants discovered
Credit: Lunghammer - TU Graz In every weather situation, plants need to be robust and flexible at the same time. ...
We love coffee, tea, chocolate and soft drinks so much, caffeine is literally in our blood
Credit: Photo by Steven Ward, OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists at Oregon State University may ...
Using fungi to search for medical drugs
Credit: Jelmer Hoeksma, © Hubrecht Institute An enormous library of products derived from more than ten thousand fungi could help ...
New flu drug drives drug resistance in influenza viruses
Credit: CDC/Michael Shaw, Doug Jordan MADISON - On January 31, 2019, an 11-year old boy in Japan went to a ...
Heating techniques could improve treatment of macular degeneration
Macular degeneration can lead to vision loss, with treatments sometimes ineffective; this may be improved with thermally induced fluid mixingCredit: ...
UTSA to unlock the power of sulfur in future drug design
Credit: UTSA Organosulfur compounds are widely present in our bodies and the natural environment. They are found in onions, shallots ...
Dozens of potential new antibiotics discovered with free online app
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new web tool speeds the discovery of drugs to kill ...
New catalysts remove NOx pollutants at lower temperatures
Bulk 'defective' vanadium oxide for NOx removal from industrial exhaust at temperatures lower than 150 degrees CelsiusCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University ...
Hospital disinfectants struggling to kill C. diff bacteria colonies
Clorox comes close, but none completely eliminates superbugCredit: University of Houston The deadly and notoriously stubborn superbug, Clostridioides difficile (C. ...
Dynamics of silk proteins are key to outstanding stability of spider silk as biomaterial
Interdisciplinary study clarifies role of protein dynamics mediated by the amino acid methionineCredit: Ill./©: Benedikt Goretzki, Ute Hellmich Spider silk ...
Protein Data Bank at Rutgers Awarded $34.5 million grant
Data bank makes more than 150,000 3D biomolecular structures freely available to the publicCredit: David S. Goodsell The RCSB Protein ...
Vicinal reaction: A radical strategy for linking three organic groups together
Kanazawa University researchers design a radical reaction to build highly functionalized ketones, installing two new carbon-carbon bonds at adjacent positions ...
Vera Serganova and Valery Fokin became Laureates of 2019 George Gamow Award
Mathematician Vera Serganova and chemist Valery Fokin became Laureates of 2019 George Gamow AwardCredit: From private archive The G.A. Gamow ...
Salt helps proteins move on down the road
Rice chemists identify hidden aspects of protein-separation process to simplify drug manufactureCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 28, 2019) ...
IKBFU researchers have discovered another natural antioxidant — alder bark
An alder bark may become a great source of anti-aging and anti-disease natural antioxidantsCredit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University An ...
New way to wrap liquid drops could improve drug delivery
Credit: BRIAN CALDWELL Researchers have developed a faster, cheaper way to coat liquid medication, an invention that could improve how ...
AI gets access to big novel chemistry space for quick and effective drug discovery
Credit: Insilico Medicine San Diego (CA) - Insilico Medicine, in collaboration with ChemDiv, Inc., launched a drug discovery initiative that ...
New method for quicker and simpler production of lipidated proteins
Credit: © TU Graz/ORGC Some of the body's proteins are not just made up of amino acids, they are also ...