Medicinal chemistry – Page 8
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Business
Contaminated cough syrups death toll passes 300 in four months
Deadly glycol contamination discovered in Uzbekistan, following cases in The Gambia and Indonesia
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Research
Analysing blood chemistry from a single drop
Mass spectrometry determine the levels of thousands of chemicals in a ‘microsample’ of human blood
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Research
AlphaFold works with other AI tools to go from target to hit molecule in 30 days
End-to-end AI drug discovery process predicts potential inhibitors for a protein implicated in liver cancer
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Business
Encoding creativity in drug discovery
Machine learning can complement and reinforce human intuition and experience
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Opinion
A decade on Crispr is already poised to deliver on its promise
Gene editing could transform healthcare but no disease should be forgotten
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Research
Molecular trap that snares many different drugs could save lives during overdoses
Macrocyclic compound can mop up drugs of abuse in animal tests – including those for which no reversal agent exists
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Opinion
Setting drug development speed records
The pandemic treatment sprint was spectacular, but hard to match under less unusual circumstances
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Research
Benchtop machine automates synthesis of drug screening hits
System could boost the efficiencies of drug discovery campaigns
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Business
UK antibiotics supply chain stretched by surge in Strep A infections
Government enacts protocols to enable substitute treatments and recommends preventive prescriptions in severe cases
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News
Crispr moves into the clinic
A mere decade after its discovery Crispr is already in clinical trials for everything from sickle cell disease to HIV and cancer
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News
Europe’s largest, hi-tech life sciences building is planned for UK
With lab space in the UK in short supply, a British property firm and Dutch real estate developer are building a massive vertical campus in London
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Business
Pharmaceuticals roundup 2022
Following the huge success of vaccines and treatments for covid-19, companies are upping their investment in R&D and dealmaking
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Business
Theranos leaders to be imprisoned for blood testing fraud
Sunny Balwani and Elizabeth Holmes will both serve more than 10 years
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Research
Universal flu vaccine could head off future pandemics
More effective mRNA-based vaccine offers hope of ending annual flu shots for at risk groups
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Research
Surprise discovery as clam found to be producing complex antibiotic
Erythromycin was previously believed to be only synthesised by bacteria
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Research
Coca plants’ production pathway for cocaine finally unravelled
167-year-old biosynthetic mystery may be solved
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Research
Radium chelator researchers working to improve targeted cancer therapies
Oak Ridge National Lab team investigate factors underpinnning Ra2+ complex stability and selectivity in attempt to expand the therapeutic utility of radium-223
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Opinion
Embracing oddities
When new chemistry looks like alchemy or witchcraft, it’s worth taking notice
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Article
Thermal analysis in the development of long-acting injectable systems
Evaluating new polymers for slow-release drug delivery could deliver better treatment for patients
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News
World Health Organization takes aim at market as many still not getting vaccines they need
Government, industry and health organisations must do more