3BP, part of a class of compounds known
as small molecule drugs, was first studied as an anti-cancer agent more than a decade ago at Johns Hopkins by biochemists Young Hee Ko and Peter Pedersen, together with radiologist Jeff Geschwind.
Not exact matches
The new research, published recently
as two separate studies in ACS Central Science and the Journal of the American Chemical Society, demonstrates that a new class of
drugs called
small molecule RNA inhibitors can successfully target and kill specific types of cancer.
In their ACS Central Science study, Disney and his colleagues used DNA sequencing to evaluate thousands of
small molecules as potential
drug candidates.
Unpublished results from the researchers hint that significantly fewer anomalies are seen in iPS cells created via virus - free reprogramming strategies, such
as ones that use proteins or
small -
molecule drugs.
The smart gel could provide structural rigidity in organs such
as the lungs, and can contain
small molecules like water or
drugs to be transported in the body and released.
One potential treatment approach could involve linking a cytotoxin to a specific protein binder (
as a
small -
molecule drug conjugate or SMDC).
This
small molecule is in clinical trials against cancer and has high specificity and good pharmacological properties, which could warrant its further development
as antiviral
drug for treatment of pH1N1 virus infection,» Dr. Oxana Denisova says.
The researchers tested two anti-CK2
drugs for their ability to stimulate the production of new brown fat in mice: a new
small -
molecule CK2 - blocker called silmitasertib (CX - 4945), which is already in clinical trials
as a cancer therapeutic; and a more precise next - generation antisense oligonucleotide (ASO)
drug developed in collaboration with Isis Pharmaceuticals, which eliminates CK2 by blocking the RNA instructions cells use to produce it.
Small molecule drugs can be screened or designed to increase telomerase activity exclusively within stem cells for disease treatment
as well
as anti-aging therapies without increasing the risk of cancer.
As a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard Medical School, he investigated the use of
small -
molecule drugs to manipulate signaling pathways to enable otherwise senescent progenitor cells of the cochlea to divide and form new sensory cells.
In principle, if further tests bear out the protective effects of the two antibodies, then optimized versions of them, or
small -
molecule drugs that hit the same target, could be developed
as treatments for rhinovirus infections.
According to Monk and Ackerman, possible future work includes using the zebrafish model system
as a
drug - screening tool to search for
small molecules that may flip that switch.
«Together, our findings indicate that these molecular regulators, TRIP - Br2 and GATA3, could be viable targets for
small drug molecules that could serve
as potential therapeutic agents against obesity,» Liew said.
The researchers say the next step is to develop
small molecules or
drugs that regulate p75 NTR to reproduce this effect and potentially serve
as a therapeutic intervention for obesity and metabolic syndrome.
Small molecules (100 - 800 Daltons) have a variety of biological functions, serving
as cell signaling
molecules,
as tools in molecular biology, and
as drugs in medicine.
Not a light read, this tome is bursting with information about monoclonal antibodies, from the history of how these therapies were first developed to new approaches such
as conjugate therapy, which combines antibodies with
small -
molecule drugs.
That produced a class of
drugs known
as angiotensin - converting enzyme, or ACE, inhibitors that hit the market in the early 1980s, and during the next 25 years or so, there followed a string of blockbuster
small -
molecule drugs that included such familiar names
as Lipitor, Zantac and Prozac.
In 1994, Schreiber and co-workers discovered that the proteins FKBP12 and mTOR are the simultaneous targets of the
small molecule rapamycin, now approved for use
as an immunosuppressant
drug given to patients after organ transplantations to help prevent rejection.
He served
as Laboratory Director at biotech company, Prosetta Corporation, leading several
small molecule drug discovery programs focused on viruses of interest to the United States Department of Defense.
Orders of magnitude more sensitive than conventional Raman microscopy, they allow mapping of 3D distributions of
small molecules, such
as metabolites and
drugs,
as well
as tumor identification in tissues, which open many exciting new possibilities for biology and medicine.
An emerging strategy in early
drug discovery entails using fragments, i.e.
molecules smaller than conventional
drug candidates,
as starting points for design of novel therapeutic compounds.
The Unit's scientific mission covers the design, synthesis, molecular modeling,
as well
as biophysical, biochemical and cellular studies of
small -
molecule probes and
drug candidates targeting nucleic acids or proteins involved in cancer.
Because SLC6A14 is essential for tumour growth yet dispensable for normal development and tissue maintenance,
small molecules that block amino acid import through this transporter could be effective and selective anti-cancer agents, particularly
as components of rational
drug combinations.
These alternate strategies include using
small -
molecule drugs that affect RNA metabolism or protein stability,
as well
as administering modified viruses for therapeutic gene delivery (see «Getting a fix on SMA»).
By default, that's already the case for
small -
molecule drugs such
as the ones under development at Repligen and Roche.
An evaluation of
small -
molecule p53 activators
as chemoprotectants ameliorating adverse effects of anticancer
drugs in normal cells.
As reported online in PLoS One on October 3, Hopkins colorectal cancer specialists John Abraham, Ph.D., and Stephen Meltzer, M.D. - working with the notion that small molecules generally make better treatment packages - designed small bits of protein only 10 amino acids long as the foundation for their drug
As reported online in PLoS One on October 3, Hopkins colorectal cancer specialists John Abraham, Ph.D., and Stephen Meltzer, M.D. - working with the notion that
small molecules generally make better treatment packages - designed
small bits of protein only 10 amino acids long
as the foundation for their drug
as the foundation for their
drugs.
Therefore, these tiny microRNAs can potentially be used to treat complex diseases
as AMD without having to perform extensive screening for
small molecule drugs.
eFFECTOR is pioneering a new class of
small molecule drugs that act by selectively regulating translation, also known
as protein synthesis.
These
small molecules interrupt the pathway that confers resistance to aminoglycoside
drugs such
as kanamycin.
As part of the global effort toward malaria eradication, phenotypic whole - cell screening revealed the 2 - aminopyridine class of small molecules as a good starting point to develop new antimalarial drug
As part of the global effort toward malaria eradication, phenotypic whole - cell screening revealed the 2 - aminopyridine class of
small molecules as a good starting point to develop new antimalarial drug
as a good starting point to develop new antimalarial
drugs.
As the drug enters your system, it breaks down itself into small molecules that is enough to pass through your body's cell mainly because as mentioned earlier, every cell in our body have receptors for steroids called androgen receptor which is where the steroid molecules bin
As the
drug enters your system, it breaks down itself into
small molecules that is enough to pass through your body's cell mainly because
as mentioned earlier, every cell in our body have receptors for steroids called androgen receptor which is where the steroid molecules bin
as mentioned earlier, every cell in our body have receptors for steroids called androgen receptor which is where the steroid
molecules bind.
As the drug enters your system, it breaks down itself into small molecules that is enough to pass through your body's cell mainly because as mentioned earlier, every cell in our body have receptors for steroids call
As the
drug enters your system, it breaks down itself into
small molecules that is enough to pass through your body's cell mainly because
as mentioned earlier, every cell in our body have receptors for steroids call
as mentioned earlier, every cell in our body have receptors for steroids called
It discovers and develops novel,
small -
molecule drugs for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases,
as well
as muscle disorders.
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc is a clinical - stage
drug development company that discovers and develops novel,
small -
molecule drugs for the treatment of inflammatory / autoimmune diseases,
as well
as for certain cancers and metabolic diseases.