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Synthesised sea sponge molecule could fight Parkinson’s

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Organic chemists at t he University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have created the first synthetic version of a molecule recently discovered in a sea sponge that may have therapeutic benefits for Parkinson’s disease and similar disorders.

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AI At The Frontier: Empowering Early Career Professionals In Drug Discovery

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After graduating, Miles went on to work as a scientist on AstraZeneca’s Research and Development graduate programme, working on projects in biocatalysis, computational organic chemistry and machine learning for drug discovery. The ability to integrate these domains, including chemistry, is key for success in this field.

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Broad Institute

He studies the genetics of numerous common diseases, particularly neuropsychiatric genetics especially schizophrenia, autism, and ADHD. His research focuses on the function of synapses and their disruption in animal models (especially non human primate models) of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disease.

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The Nobel Prize winning power of click chemistry

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José Mejía Oneto , PhD, Founder and CEO at Shasqi, discusses the potential of chemistry to engineer biology to improve the effectiveness of human therapeutics and revolutionise the treatment of disease. That may just be possible with a powerful new technology known as click chemistry. Chawla et al., 2022) Annals Onc.,