Medicinal chemistry – Page 64
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Business
PCSK9 inhibitors against cholesterol problems perform well
Sanofi has reported Phase II data for a new drug candidate for lowering cholesterol levels in patients already taking statins
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News
Diabetes reduces antioxidant benefits
Raised glucose levels in diabetics may prevent important nutrients getting to tissues
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PodcastFolic acid
Concerns about folic acid deficiencies, especially in pregnant women, have led to fortification of some grains, flours and bread, but this varies from country to country
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Business
Children's lungs are more susceptible to nanoparticles
Infant lungs are particularly prone to nanoparticle deposition, be it from pollution or inhaled medicines
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CareersThe future of medicine
A medicinal chemistry course that’s giving students a real taste of pharma - failure, frustration and all
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NewsGraphene slips deeper into lungs than predicted
Researchers discover that once graphene enters the lungs the immune system has trouble getting rid of it
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PodcastMethamphetamine
A mood enhancing molecule, Simon Cotton investigates the chemistry of Methamphetamine
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PodcastNitroglycerine
Peter Wothers investigates a medicinal compound with a very explosive beginning
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PodcastNitrous oxide
From Preistley's early experiments to the latest 'hippy crack' phase, we take a look at the history of laughing gas
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PodcastTetracycline
Simon Cotton travels back to 1945 where a sample of Missouri soil produced a golden yellow antibiotic
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PodcastTetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
Akshat Rathi introduces one of the key psychoactive ingredients in cannabis
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Feature
The birth of the pill
Fifty years after its birth, John Mann reports on the conception and evolution of the contraceptive pill
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PodcastVancomycin
Simon Cotton explains the chemistry behind Vancomycin, an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections