Medicinal chemistry – Page 56

News
US ramps up rare diseases research

2014-10-10T00:00:00Z

National Institutes of Health spends $29 million to study more than 200 rare diseases
Review
The organic chemistry of drug design and drug action (3rd edition)

2014-10-10T00:00:00Z

Medicinal purposes
Podcast
MDMA

2014-10-09T00:00:00Z

The drug that fuelled rave culture may yet be a treatment for PTSD. Hayley Simon introduces MDMA
Business
EMA finalises trial transparency rules

2014-10-08T00:00:00Z

Researcher access reinstated, but company redaction rights may cause issues
Business
Actavis boosts antibiotics with Durata buyout

2014-10-08T00:00:00Z

$820 million deal gives Actavis control of newly-approved intravenous antibiotic
Research
BRCA2 protein imaged for first time

2014-10-06T00:00:00Z

Insights into DNA repair mechanism could pave the way for new cancer therapies
Research
Tea tonic peps up tumour treatment

2014-10-05T00:00:00Z

Green tea polyphenol makes ‘magic bullet’ cancer drug delivery even more powerful
Podcast
Chemistry World podcast - October 2014

2014-10-03T00:00:00Z

We speak to Jason Sello about the hunt for new antibiotics, and Monique Simmonds explains the chemical role of botanical gardens
Feature
Transparency measures forced on pharma

2014-09-30T00:00:00Z

Previous misdemeanours are compelling the pharmaceutical industry to be more open with financial information and clinical data, writes Nuala Moran
Research
Mirror peptides hitch a lift into the cell

2014-09-30T00:00:00Z

Hijacking nature’s tricks to smuggle drugs across the cell membrane
Research
Nanoparticle studies leave the lab

2014-09-29T00:00:00Z

Scientists take to the outdoors to show that single walled carbon nanotubes accumulate and persist in aquatic sediments
Feature
Pepping up antibiotics

2014-09-29T00:00:00Z

Industry and academia are turning to antimicrobial peptides to find new antibiotics, Andy Extance discovers
News
NIH wants scientists to consider sex in research

2014-09-26T00:00:00Z

Preclinical and clinical research is overreliant on male test subjects which can cloud future work in humans
Business
Review says cheaper drug is safe for eye disease

2014-09-24T00:00:00Z

Cochrane collaboration says side effects of expensive Lucentis and off-label Avastin are similar
Feature
Faster, cheaper, better diagnostics

2014-09-24T00:00:00Z

Microfluidics researchers are aiming to bring new diagnostic devices into mainstream medicine. Mark Peplow reports
Feature
Chemistry in bloom

2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sarah Houlton discovers the chemistry among the specimens at many botanical gardens
Research
Painkiller found in plants may not be natural after all

2014-09-18T00:00:00Z

Cow pats from cattle fed tramadol could explain how the drug came to be in an African herb
Research
Coated nanoparticles show Alzheimer's promise

2014-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gold nanoparticles functionalised with amino acid polymer inhibit the growth of amyloid fibres associated with neurodegenerative disease
Research
Antimalarial flow synthesis closer to commercialisation

2014-09-10T00:00:00Z

Scientists in Germany hope their continuous flow method will boost accessibility of artemisinin-derived medicines
Research
Higher levels of some metals in e-cigarette smoke

2014-09-08T00:00:00Z

Scientists call for regulators to help clear smoke and mirrors surrounding vaping safety