A single type of chemical structure that shows up again and again in modern medicine is the amide bond that links a carbonyl ...

Medicinal chemistry, also known as pharmaceutical chemistry, is a branch of chemistry focused on the development of new drugs and the improvement of existing ones. It is an interdisciplinary field ...

A team of biochemists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has developed a faster way to identify molecules in the ...

Drug discovery requires two separate steps: checking whether a drug can bind to a harmful molecule or its receptor, and ...

Copper is not new to medicine, having been used in infection-fighting nanoparticles and implants, among many other innovations. However, it hasn’t quite been used in the way some chemists from the ...

The Flagship Pioneering spinout uses permanent bonds to target shallow pockets, drastically expanding the druggable universe for small molecules.

The search for new ways to treat malaria — a disease that kills some 600,000 people a year, most of them children in Sub-Saharan Africa — may have just gotten a boost. Chemists at UC San Francisco ...

“Drugs currently on the market to treat hypertension work on the blood vessels by either dilating them, reducing pressure in them by eliminating salt and water or slowing down the heart rate,” said ...

Discover how Optibrium is transforming early-stage drug discovery through AI-powered software, generative chemistry, and 3D modelling. In this interview, Matt Segall, CEO at Optibrium, shares insights ...

The world’s first clinical trial of a sensor that can monitor drug concentrations in a patient in real time has reported back ...