Drug Discovery

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Targeted Protein Degradation Technologies in the Treatment of Metabolic Diseases

Metabolic syndrome refers to a class of complex metabolic disorders, including adipose tissue accumulation, insulin resistance, diabetes, hyperinsulinemia, hypertension, and dyslipidemia, characterized by high levels of triglycerides (TG) and high-density […]

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mRNA Drugs: Pros, Cons, and Prospects

Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly accelerated the development of mRNA technology platforms and mRNA industry chains. The first mRNA drug (BNT162b2 vaccine) was granted emergency use authorization by the […]

Research Methods of Drug Impurities

Research Methods of Drug Impurities

The analysis of impurities in drugs is a very important part. This blog focuses on the important role of the source analysis of impurities and the development of analytical techniques in the […]

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Linker Design Impacts Drug Conjugate Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy

In recent years, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have achieved substantial success in cancer therapy. Typically, an antibody or peptide in a conjugated drug acts as a precisely located “navigator” while a small-molecule […]

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Save Resources: CMC in Novel Drug Development and Life Cycle Management

Innovative drug research and development is a very complicated and risky process from discovery to marketing, which includes preclinical research, clinical trial application, clinical trial (also divided into clinical phases […]

Can Peptides Replace DNA and Contribute to the Encoded Compound Library?

Can Peptides Replace DNA and Contribute to the Encoded Compound Library?

In addition to DNA, peptides, as amino acid polymers, have great potential for information storage (Figure 1A). Recently, Stephen L. Buchwald and Bradley L. Pentelute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) […]

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Casein Kinase 1 (CK1) Family as a Potential Therapeutic Target

CK1 functions Protein phosphorylation mediated by protein kinases is essential for the activation and deactivation of many signaling pathways in cells. As a result, abnormal protein kinase activity is frequently […]

Review of Targeted Protein Degradation (TPD) Technology

Review of Targeted Protein Degradation (TPD) Technology

Targeted protein degradation (TPD) technology has been developed rapidly in recent years, especially proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs). To date, a large number of degraders have been discovered against more than […]

Small Molecule Drug Design Virtual Screening

Virtual Screening Strategies for Small Molecule Drug Design

Drug screening is the initial link and key to drug development. In the past, traditional drug screening methods such as animal models were often costly and time-consuming. With the development […]

Therapeutic Opportunities and Challenges for Lipogenesis Inhibitor Development

Therapeutic Opportunities and Challenges for Lipogenesis Inhibitor Development

Fatty acids are essential for cell survival and function as biological energy substrates, structural components, and signaling molecules. Given their critical role, cells have evolved mechanisms to produce fatty acids from […]