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UrduHuddersfield senior research fellow Dr. Muhammad Usman Ghori will be working with Pakistani officials to bring clean, affordable drinking water to the people of South Punjab
Tag: PHARMACEUTICAL/COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY
Fresh clean drinking water for all could soon to be a reality in Pakistan
Huddersfield senior research fellow Dr. Muhammad Usman Ghori will be working with Pakistani officials to bring clean, affordable drinking water to the people of South Punjab
How enzymes build sugar trees
Many of the membrane proteins in eukaryotic cells are decorated with complex sugar trees called glycans. In addition to being extremely diverse, these sugar trees serve as a way to identify the respective organism, a cell type or its stage…
Improving Medicine with Physics
Scientists will present new medical technologies for cancer, hypertension, brain injury, and other conditions at the 2020 APS March Meeting in Denver
How enzymes build sugar trees
Many of the membrane proteins in eukaryotic cells are decorated with complex sugar trees called glycans. In addition to being extremely diverse, these sugar trees serve as a way to identify the respective organism, a cell type or its stage…
Improving Medicine with Physics
Scientists will present new medical technologies for cancer, hypertension, brain injury, and other conditions at the 2020 APS March Meeting in Denver
MOF co-catalyst allows selectivity of branched aldehydes of up to 90%
Approach represents a powerful tool for designing selective catalytic heterogeneous processes
Perovskite solar cells made of peppermint oil and walnut aroma food additives, preventing lead leakage
Solar energy that reaches the Earth is about 125 million gigawatt (Gw). When this solar energy generated for a year is converted into oil, it is 100 trillion ton which is ten thousand times more than the amount of oil…
New compounds thwart multiple viruses, including coronavirus
According to a February 13 report from the World Health Organization, the Wuhan coronavirus has stricken more than 46,000 people and has caused over 1,300 deaths since the first cases in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Now, researchers reporting in…
MOF co-catalyst allows selectivity of branched aldehydes of up to 90%
Approach represents a powerful tool for designing selective catalytic heterogeneous processes
Perovskite solar cells made of peppermint oil and walnut aroma food additives, preventing lead leakage
Solar energy that reaches the Earth is about 125 million gigawatt (Gw). When this solar energy generated for a year is converted into oil, it is 100 trillion ton which is ten thousand times more than the amount of oil…
New compounds thwart multiple viruses, including coronavirus
According to a February 13 report from the World Health Organization, the Wuhan coronavirus has stricken more than 46,000 people and has caused over 1,300 deaths since the first cases in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Now, researchers reporting in…
Scientists discover new compound which could improve photodynamic therapy for cancer
PDT does not always kill cells deep within a cancerous tumour, allowing tumours to grow back again. The new compound uses penetrating infrared light to damage cells directly and potentially improve the success rate of PDT Researchers at the University…
Scientists discover new compound which could improve photodynamic therapy for cancer
PDT does not always kill cells deep within a cancerous tumour, allowing tumours to grow back again. The new compound uses penetrating infrared light to damage cells directly and potentially improve the success rate of PDT Researchers at the University…
Directing nanoparticles straight to tumors
HZDR researchers trace cancer cells with tailor-made materials
Rice scientists simplify access to drug building block
László Kürti and team develop one-step process to make crucial precursor
Directing nanoparticles straight to tumors
HZDR researchers trace cancer cells with tailor-made materials
Rice scientists simplify access to drug building block
László Kürti and team develop one-step process to make crucial precursor
Antibiotics in animals: More research urgently needed
A special issue of Animal Health Research Reviews turns the spotlight on the science underlying this growing crisis – looking at the evidence base for using antibiotics to prevent illness in beef and dairy cattle, swine, and broiler poultry. The…
One drug, many diseases
It seems too good to be true: a single drug that could treat humanity’s worst afflictions, including atherosclerosis, cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and arthritis. All of these diseases have one thing in common — they involve an inflammatory protein called NLRP3.…
CPRIT grant draws cell imaging specialist to Rice
Anna-Karin Gustavsson brings expertise in single-molecule imaging to bear on cancer research
SwRI’s Rhodium™ virtually screens drugs for coronavirus research
Novel processing, machine learning improves compound scanning capacity for drug development
CPRIT grant draws cell imaging specialist to Rice
Anna-Karin Gustavsson brings expertise in single-molecule imaging to bear on cancer research
SwRI’s Rhodium™ virtually screens drugs for coronavirus research
Novel processing, machine learning improves compound scanning capacity for drug development
Green approach accelerates process optimization and retrieval of ‘switchable’ solvents
Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new, green technology for both accelerated screening and retrieving “switchable” solvents used in green chemistry applications. The new approach makes the screening process hundreds of times faster and drastically accelerates the…
Tricky reaction sequence gets a major boost from a flow setup and statistics
Researchers from Osaka University optimize a complicated domino reaction in a flow system via machine learning to efficiently screen multiple variables, attaining high selectivity and yield of a potential biologically active compound
NUS researchers identify novel protein to prevent neuropathy from chemotherapy
Discovery holds potential for treatment of other forms of neuropathy, such as those caused by nerve injury, autoimmune disease, or diabetes
Simple N-terminal modification of proteins
Researchers from Osaka University report a straightforward approach to protein modification, providing a new tool for protein engineering
Simple N-terminal modification of proteins
Researchers from Osaka University report a straightforward approach to protein modification, providing a new tool for protein engineering
New drug leads could battle brain-eating amoebae
Brain-eating amoebae can cause particularly harmful forms of encephalitis, and more than 95% of people who develop these rare but devastating infections die. Despite the high mortality rate, there is currently no single effective drug available to fight these microbes.…
New drug leads could battle brain-eating amoebae
Brain-eating amoebae can cause particularly harmful forms of encephalitis, and more than 95% of people who develop these rare but devastating infections die. Despite the high mortality rate, there is currently no single effective drug available to fight these microbes.…
Chemistry technique is ‘warp drive’ for creating better synthetic molecules for medicine
An unexpected approach blurs the line between synthetic drug molecules and natural products, with the goal of achieving higher quality compounds for medicines
CCNY chemists develop safer hydrogenation processes
Safe and environmentally-friendly hydrogen gas on demand could be on the horizon following a new “hydrogenation” chemical process in development at The City College of New York. Led by Mahesh K. Lakshman, the research uniquely bypasses the need for an…
Chemistry technique is ‘warp drive’ for creating better synthetic molecules for medicine
An unexpected approach blurs the line between synthetic drug molecules and natural products, with the goal of achieving higher quality compounds for medicines
CCNY chemists develop safer hydrogenation processes
Safe and environmentally-friendly hydrogen gas on demand could be on the horizon following a new “hydrogenation” chemical process in development at The City College of New York. Led by Mahesh K. Lakshman, the research uniquely bypasses the need for an…
Seeing blue after the little blue pill: Visual disturbances in Viagra users
Study reports persistent visual disturbances in men taking the highest recommended dose of sildenafil, suggesting that first-time users should use a lower dose
Seeing blue after the little blue pill: Visual disturbances in Viagra users
Study reports persistent visual disturbances in men taking the highest recommended dose of sildenafil, suggesting that first-time users should use a lower dose
‘Fluorescent markers’ to illuminate cancer begins Phase 3 clinical trials
On Target Laboratories Inc. , a privately held biotechnology company developing the use of Purdue University -discovered fluorescent markers to target and illuminate cancer during surgery, has announced the results of a multi-institutional Phase 2 clinical trial in which outcomes…
‘Fluorescent markers’ to illuminate cancer begins Phase 3 clinical trials
On Target Laboratories Inc. , a privately held biotechnology company developing the use of Purdue University -discovered fluorescent markers to target and illuminate cancer during surgery, has announced the results of a multi-institutional Phase 2 clinical trial in which outcomes…
Experimental fingerprint test can distinguish between those who have taken or handled cocaine
An experimental fingerprint detection approach can identify traces of cocaine on human skin, even after someone has washed their hands
Experimental fingerprint test can distinguish between those who have taken or handled cocaine
An experimental fingerprint detection approach can identify traces of cocaine on human skin, even after someone has washed their hands
Alarmingly high rate of antibiotics prescribed without evidence of office visit
Analysis of antibiotic prescriptions dispensed to Medicaid recipients finds that more than a quarter were not associated with a clinic visit, raising questions about the effectiveness of efforts to curb inappropriate prescribing
New treatment kills off infection that can be deadly to cystic fibrosis patients
A new treatment developed by researchers at Aston University and Birmingham Children’s Hospital has been found to completely kill a bacterial infection that can be deadly to cystic fibrosis patients
New treatment kills off infection that can be deadly to cystic fibrosis patients
A new treatment developed by researchers at Aston University and Birmingham Children’s Hospital has been found to completely kill a bacterial infection that can be deadly to cystic fibrosis patients
Can I mix those chemicals? There’s an app for that!
New technology can find the safest way to store and dispose of reactive chemicals
Can I mix those chemicals? There’s an app for that!
New technology can find the safest way to store and dispose of reactive chemicals
2019’s new medicines
With 48 drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 2019 was another highly productive year for the pharmaceutical industry. The new medicines include treatments for various cancers, sickle cell disease, migraines and postpartum depression. However, the steady…
2019’s new medicines
With 48 drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 2019 was another highly productive year for the pharmaceutical industry. The new medicines include treatments for various cancers, sickle cell disease, migraines and postpartum depression. However, the steady…
2019’s new medicines
With 48 drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 2019 was another highly productive year for the pharmaceutical industry. The new medicines include treatments for various cancers, sickle cell disease, migraines and postpartum depression. However, the steady…
New opportunity for cancer drug development
After years of research on cell surface receptors called Frizzleds, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden provide the proof-of-principle that these receptors are druggable by small molecules. The results, which are published in the scientific journal Nature Communications , open…