Medicinal Chemistry

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Structural Modifications Enhance Antibacterial Potency of Bacitracin

Researchers modified the structure of the established antibiotic bacitracin, leading to a 256-fold increase in activity and potent inhibition of vancomycin-resistant strains.

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My Reading Tip of the Week: Efficacy of Remdesivir ProDrugs

The efficacy of triphosphate formation of remdesivir is dependent on ProTide substitution. Higher levels of triphosphate in the lung are observed with ProTide prodrugs.

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Design and synthesis of bicyclo[4.3.0]nonene nucleoside analogues

Nucleoside analogues are effective antiviral agents, and the continuous emergence of pathogenic viruses demands the development of novel and structurally diverse analogues. Here, …

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Stephan Scheeff
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Molecular Editing of Natural Products

Natural products serve as powerful templates for drug development. The biosynthesis of secondary metabolites demands significant energy from the organism, which suggests that these …

Making it hard to replicate

Understanding how to harden liquid condensates produced by influenza A virus could accelerate the development of novel antiviral drugs.

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Synthesis of novel potent archazolids: Pharmacology of an emerging class of anticancer drugs

Vacuolar type ATPase (V-ATPase) has recently emerged as a promising novel anticancer target based on extensive in vitro and in vivo studies with archazolids, complex polyketide …

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Stephan Scheeff