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Small Molecules Evolve

Drug Hunter

Small molecule drugs make up most of the drugs we take conveniently as pills, including painkillers like ibuprofen (Advil), antibiotics like penicillin and amoxicillin, or cholesterol-lowering drugs like atorvastatin (Lipitor). The small molecules drugs of today look nothing like the molecules of the 1970s.

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Pharmacological effects of small molecule BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors on platelet function [Cellular and Molecular]

ASPET

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) targeting the BCR-ABL fusion protein, such as imatinib (Gleevec), have revolutionized targeted cancer therapies. However, drug resistance and side effects, particularly those affecting hemostasis, continue to pose significant challenges for TKI therapies.

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Development of a Covalent Small Molecule Downmodulator for the Transcription Factor Brachyury

Covalent Modifiers

Herein, we use afatinib as a lead to undertake a structure-based drug design approach, aided by mass-spectrometry and x-ray crystallography, to develop DHC-156, a small molecule that more selectively binds brachyury and downmodulates it as potently as afatinib.

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Chemoselective Covalent Modification of K-Ras(G12R) with a Small Molecule Electrophile

Covalent Modifiers

While small molecule inhibitors for the G12C mutant have been successfully developed, allele-specific inhibition for other KRAS hotspot mutants remains challenging. Shokat Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022 144 (35), 15916-15921 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c05377

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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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Bayer partners with RNA drugmaker to develop new cancer therapies

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Under a collaboration with NextRNA Therapeutics, Bayer will access the biotech’s platform to target long, non-coding RNA interactions with small molecule drugs.

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Supramolecular nanostructures for the delivery of peptides in cancer therapy [Minireview]

ASPET

The self-assembled structures can be small molecules, polymers, peptides, proteins, which can be utilized and functionalized to achieve tailored release and target specific cells, tissues, or organs. Significance Statement This review focuses on fundamentals and various drug delivery mechanisms based on SNs.

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