Medicinal chemistry – Page 11
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Research
Breaking bacteria’s genetic silence to synthesise antibiotics that evade resistance
Prospecting in bacterial genomes offers hope in search for new antimicrobial drugs
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Research
Gut microbiome analysis spots sleep-deprived mice
Fluorescence-based sensing array that identifies bacteria in stool samples could be developed into a tool for diagnosing various conditions
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Business
What is the future of Covid-19 pharmaceuticals?
Firms anticipate long-term markets for prevention and treatment
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Research
Cancer progression and harmful bacteria tracked with next-generation sequencing
Proof-of-principle study keeps an eye on leukaemia mutations and bacterial strains in patients
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Feature
The incredible antibodies of sharks, llamas and camels
Sharks and llamas share a strange quirk of their immune systems. Hayley Bennett finds out how their ‘nanobodies’ could help us tackle Covid and a host of other diseases
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Research
Yeast engineered to convert methanol into heparin
Production levels are currently low, but researchers hope the method could one day mean pharma doesn’t have to rely on animals for this essential medicine
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Research
AI tool finds green ways to turn chemical waste into drugs
Circular approach for industry by-products considers environmental, economic and geographic aspects to rank predicted routes for real-world applications
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Research
Edible, fluorescent silk tags could help stem tide of counterfeit medicines
Marker could be a simple answer to ensuring provenance of drugs
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Webinar
Speed up process development by making more from your offline and online data
Learn how the biotechnology R&D team at Clariant uses statistical modelling techniques to speed up the process development of their bio-ethanol product
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Research
Pepto-Bismol compound’s structure unveiled after 120 years
Electron microscopy triumphed over x-ray crystallography as century-old structural puzzle around bismuth subsalicylate is finally solved
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Business
UK takes subscription approach for new antibiotics
Decoupling payment from prescriptions helps preserve last-line antibiotics and encourage R&D
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News
UK’s non-profit vaccine manufacturing centre sold off before opening
Pharmaceutical firm Catalent buys government-backed facility near Oxford
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Feature
A decade of CAR-T cell therapy
Nina Notman looks at the revolutionary treatment already taking on cancer, now aiming for wider use
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Article
Nanotechnology for a healthier, cleaner world for all
Using novel polymer fluorophores to study, detect and treat life-threatening diseases
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News
Drug discovery AI that developed new nerve agents raises difficult questions
Researchers shocked by how easily algorithm discovered novel poisons even deadlier than VX
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Opinion
A spanner in the works
Most drugs work by breaking or stopping something, rather than by making something faster or better
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Business
Moderna sued over Covid-19 vaccine-related patents
Arbutus and Genevant say lipid nanoparticles that protect mRNA infringe six key patents
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Feature
Sequencing one cell at a time
New advances that allow scientists to uncover the molecular differences between individual cells could revolutionise medicine, Ian le Guillou finds
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Research
Sulfonated macrocycle helps the medicine go down
A supramolecular approach makes alkaloid drugs taste less bitter