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How to find a drug: the past, present and future of small molecule drug discovery?

DrugBaron

Despite the current hype around so called “advanced therapies”, which range from gene editing to cell therapies, and the inexorable advance of biologic therapeutics such as monoclonal antibodies, even in 2022 the majority of drugs in development and reaching patients are still small organic molecules.

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Unlocking a new molecular space in rapid drug discovery

Drug Target Review

Technologies for the rapid and efficient testing of small molecules and biologics have greatly accelerated drug discovery. Intermediate-sized molecules such as macrocycles combining the beneficial properties of both small molecules and biologics may enable the targeting of currently undruggable targets.

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Unlocking Undruggable Targets: Shifting Paradigms in Modern Drug Discovery

DrugBank

This method was more about serendipity than science. Today, we're able to identify and target specific molecules involved in disease processes—a method that's much more like using a sniper rifle than throwing darts blindfolded. One approach is to look beyond the traditional drug molecule.

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From Impossible to Inevitable: Transforming Undruggable Targets

DrugBank

These tough nuts to crack in medical science—biological targets known to play roles in diseases but resistant to traditional drug design—are now seeing new strategies that shift the paradigm from "undruggable" to "druggable." Beyond Proteins: DNA and RNA Frontier The story doesn’t end with proteins.

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DNA Barcodes Could Streamline Search for New Drugs to Combat Cancer

NIH Director's Blog: Drug Discovery

Instead of the black, printed stripes of the Universal Product Codes (UPCs) that we see on everything from package deliveries to clothing tags, they used short, unique snippets of DNA to label cells. DNA barcoding has already empowered single-cell analysis, including for nerve cells in the brain. PRISM consists of two key components.

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Women in STEM July: Meet Michelle Arkin

Drug Target Review

I was ‘pre-med’ and got really interested in the science and especially the integration of chemistry and art. I struggled with going to graduate school in art conservation science, ie, the science of art, or more general chemistry, and I decided to do chemistry because it had broader opportunities.

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Antibody-drug conjugates payloads: then, now and next

Drug Target Review

2 In response, DNA-damaging agents that could target the entire cell cycle received renewed attention as ADC payloads. Groundbreaking strategies like proteolysis-targeting chimeric molecules (PROTACs) are also being explored. He holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Queen’s University of Belfast (Northern Ireland). Fu Y, Ho M.