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 research group, led by Dr. Pavel Majer from IOCB Prague, in collaboration with the laboratories of Barbara Slusher and ...

Researchers have developed a compound that could potentially treat the autoimmune disorder alopecia areata, which causes hair ...

Medicinal chemistry is the application of chemical research techniques to the synthesis of pharmaceuticals. During the early stages of medicinal chemistry development, scientists were primarily ...

The researchers tested their new itaconate-based prodrugs in mice and found that at least two of them were highly effective. The treatment was well-absorbed, reduced inflammation, and stimulated hair ...

An alternative to Paxlovid, the only antiviral pills approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat COVID-19, is on ...

A new clinical trial from Scripps Research in La Jolla aims to make significant gains in the global fight against malaria by making a drug that has been around since the 1970s last longer.

A good imagination and persistence are required. Medicinal and pharmaceutical chemists apply their chemistry training to the process of synthesizing new pharmaceuticals. They also improve the ...

Having occupied a state-of-the-art building, merged the Departments of Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, and added several recent faculty, the research activity of the medicinal chemistry program is ...

Focusing on drug discovery by applying and developing methods in synthetic medicinal chemistry, the Viikki Biocenter medicinal chemistry team is unique at the University of Helsinki in translating the ...