Our research on how Pyrazolyl-pyrimidones inhibit the function of human solute carrier protein SLC11A2 (hDMT1) by metal chelation is now featured on the cover of RSC Medicinal Chemistry Solute carrier proteins (SLCs) control fluxes of ions and molecules across biological membranes and
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The research article: Transfecting tissue models with CRISPR/Cas9 plasmid DNA using peptide dendrimers just got published in RSC Chemical Communications. There is currently a lack of efficient reagents to transfect cells with large plasmid DNA, which would be enabling tools for
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The research article Natural product inspired optimization of a selective TRPV6 calcium channel inhibitor was recently published in RSC Medicinal Chemistry. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 6 (TRPV6) is a calcium channel implicated in multifactorial diseases and overexpressed in numerous cancers. We recently
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The research article One molecular fingerprint to rule them all: drugs, biomolecules, and the metabolome was recently published in the Journal of Cheminformatics. Background: Molecular fingerprints are essential cheminformatics tools for virtual screening and mapping chemical space. Among the different types of
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The research article Fluorescent Peptide Dendrimers for siRNA Transfection: Tracking pH Responsive Aggregation, siRNA Binding, and Cell Penetration was recently published in Bioconjugate Chemistry. Transfecting nucleic acids into various cells is a key procedure in biological research also envisioned for therapeutic applications.
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The research article Pyrazolyl-pyrimidones inhibit the function of human solute carrier protein SLC11A2 (hDMT1) by metal chelation has just been published in RSC Medicinal Chemistry. Solute carrier proteins (SLCs) control fluxes of ions and molecules across biological membranes and represent an emerging
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The research article SMILES-based deep generative scaffold decorator for de-novo drug design has just been published by the Journal of Cheminformatics. This work results from a cooperation between AstraZeneca and the Reymond group. Molecular generative models trained with small sets of molecules
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The paper ‘Ring Breaker’: Neural Network Driven Synthesis Prediction of the Ring System Chemical Space just got accepted for publication in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Ring systems in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and dyes are ubiquitous chemical motifs. Whilst the synthesis of common
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The research article The Generated Databases (GDBs) as a Source of 3D-shaped Building Blocks for Use in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery was recently published in CHIMIA. Drug discovery is in constant need of new molecules to develop drugs addressing unmet medical
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