FASTING FIX
Intermittent fasting may help heal nerve damage
Intermittent fasting changes the gut bacteria activity of mice and increases their ability to recover from nerve damage.
Stories tagged with 'Drug discovery'
Tumour treatment boost
New treatment could boost radiotherapy effectiveness for brain tumour patients
A new treatment could significantly improve the effectiveness of radiotherapy for patients diagnosed with the deadliest form of brain tumour.
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From markets to molecules
AI for life sciences research gets boost from the financial markets
A technique to find hidden connections between stocks and shares has been applied to discovering and mapping connections between proteins.
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Covalent GTPase ligands
Identification of the first covalent ligands of the small GTPase Rab27A
A collaborative effort, led by the Tate group, paves the way for the structure-guided discovery of small molecules against Rab27A
HHAT cryo-EM
Structure, mechanism, and inhibition of Hedgehog Acyltransferase
Collaborative research helps to elucidate the structure and function of membrane-bound protein implicated in cancer
IMSE 2021 seed funding
New cross-disciplinary Collaborations Address Societal Challenges
The Institute for Molecular Science and Engineering (IMSE) has funded new cross-disciplinary research to address societal challenges.
Poster prize for AMR
Poster prize awarded at RSC/SCI symposium on AMR
Congratulations to research associate Dr Janine Gray on winning the first place poster prize at the RSC/SCI symposium on antimicrobial resistance
ROYAL RECOGNITION
Imperial awarded Queen’s Anniversary Prize for COVID-19 response
Imperial College London has been awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CF Gene Therapy deal
Accelerated development of a potential treatment for cystic fibrosis
The UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium (GTC) is one of the partners in a licensing agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim.
Functionalised MIDAs
Aug 2021 - Article Published in Trends in Chemistry
Josh Linfoot and Alex Williams' highlight article on the use of functionalised MIDA-type boronates for meta C-H functionalisation of aryls is publishd
