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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Innovative insights into the role of ferroptosis, a unique form of programmed cell death, are reshaping the landscape of disease treatment. This growing field highlights how Traditional Chinese ...

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

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.

Professor and Chair of Chemistry Thomas Smith ’88 will serve as the next director of the Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford ...

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 ...