Immune Discovery Should Help Develop Improved Vaccines for Infants and Newborns
Solution To Chemistry Riddle Has Implications For Drug Development
Scientists have solved a decades-old chemistry riddle by developing new tools for a synthetic (man-made) molecule – cubane – that is widely used in the pharma industry. By circumventing the inherent reactivity of this molecule, they have opened up a new world of possibilities as cubane derivatives have a plethora of applications in drug development,…
Scientists Show That Drugs Targeting Tumor Metabolism Will Not Stop Natural Killer Cells
Chemistry Breakthroughs Open New Doors to Drug Developers and Cancer Researchers
Two independent chemistry breakthroughs have opened a plethora of doors that were previously locked to drug developers and cancer researchers. The discoveries, which involved adding new materials to a previously unstable chemical scaffold and building molecules onto the “pigments of life,” will also offer new possibilities to molecular engineers, materials and computer scientists, and energy researchers.…
Researchers Create Exciting New Option for Targeted Cancer Therapy
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have uncovered a new class of compounds – glyconaphthalimides – that can be used to target cancer cells with greater specificity than current options allow. Cancer is difficult to treat, and many current therapies are unable to specifically target cancer cells. This is problematic for medical professionals and patients, because…