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Synthesised sea sponge molecule could fight Parkinson’s

Drug Discovery World

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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Global advances in synthetic biology

Drug Discovery World

Lu Rahman selects some recent synthetic biology innovations and the potential they hold to benefit drug discovery. . The rapidly growing area of synthetic biology – including molecular biology, biotechnology, biophysics, and genetic engineering – is having a marked impact on the drug discovery landscape.