Peptides that can be taken as a pill
Credit: C. Heinis (EPFL) Peptides are short chains of amino acids that occur in our body, in plants or bacteria ...
Tag: Pharmaceutical/Combinatorial Chemistry
Project expands use of metal catalysts for drug discovery
$1.5 million project could lead to more effective drugs at lower dosagesCredit: University of Houston The use of metals in ...
Hidden symmetry found in chemical kinetic equations
Rice University discovery has implications for drug design, genetics, moreCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (April 30, 2020) -- Rice ...
New STM technique points way to new and purer pharmaceuticals
Credit: University of Warwick Using an ultra-thin and sharp needle tipped with a single carbon monoxide molecule frozen to minus ...
Chris Vanderwal to receive Springer Heterocyclic Chemistry Award 2020
Prize for outstanding research in heterocyclic chemistry goes to young professor from the University of California, IrvineCredit: Springer Nature The ...
To make or to break: Novel reversible technique produces acyl fluoride using rare metal
Scientists devise a new technique to produce value-added complex acyl fluorides from commercially available simple acyl fluorideCredit: Tokyo University of ...
Rice chemist wins grant to simplify drug design
Fed award to László Kürti will support sophisticated, simplified drug precursorsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 8, 2020) - ...
Synthesis against the clock
Novel radiopharmaceutical for the diagnosis of tumor-relevant transport proteins developedCredit: HZDR/ Bodo Tiedemann Radiolabeled molecules, so-called radiotracers, help nuclear physicians ...
Fatty acid in triglycerides proves an effective platform for biological drug delivery
Credit: Haifa Shen, Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(April 1, 2020)-We've all been warned about the dangers of triglycerides, the fat stored in ...
Phage capsid against influenza: Perfectly fitting inhibitor prevents viral infection
Credit: Barth van Rossum / FMP A new approach brings the hope of new therapeutic options for suppressing seasonal influenza ...
A genetic nano-toolkit for the generation of new biomaterials
Bayreuth microbiologists use bacteria to produce multifunctional magnetic nanoparticlesCredit: Image: Frank Mickoleit / Clarissa Lanzloth. Magnetic bacteria might soon be ...
For clogged and hardened hearts, a mussel is the solution
Credit: Hyung Joon Cha (POSTECH) Early mortality of myocardial infarction (MI), one of fatal diseases, is about 30%. So, it ...
Heat and light create new biocompatible microparticles
Innovative manufacturing technique can create new types of microparticles for applications such as drug delivery, diagnostics and tissue engineeringCredit: Stefan ...
A hidden electronic transition ‘S0 → Tn’ in heavy-atom-containing molecules
Credit: Masaya Nakajima Researchers in Japan have discovered S0 → Tn, a previously overlooked electronic transition in photoreactions occurring in ...
MacMillan illuminates the micro-environment, creating a new path to cancer drugs
Princeton University's Dave MacMillan led the effort to create a nanoscale map of proteins and their nearest neighbors.Credit: Tamara Reyes-Robles/Merck ...
Tissue-digging nanodrills do just enough damage
Scientists advance case for use of molecular machines to treat skin diseasesCredit: Thushara Galbadage/Biola University HOUSTON - (March 5, 2020) ...
UArizona study identifies hormone that causes women to experience more pain than men
Credit: TUCSON, Ariz. - Imagine taking a pill to control your pain and, instead, the medication actually increases the pain ...
Collapsible basket technology aims to improve drug discovery, personalized medicine
Credit: Bumsoo Han/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A drug discovery scientist typically screens up to 10,000 compounds in the ...
SMART announces revolutionary new process for scientific applications
New microfluidic process enables researchers to create unique environment for developing medicine that cannot be achieved through conventional methods, paving ...
Fresh clean drinking water for all could soon to be a reality in Pakistan
Huddersfield senior research fellow Dr. Muhammad Usman Ghori will be working with Pakistani officials to bring clean, affordable drinking water ...