THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis have designed a drug-like compound which effectively blocks a critical step in the malaria parasite life cycle and are working to develop this compound into a potential first of its kind malaria treatment. While drugs and mosquito control have...
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Researchers identify promising new compounds to potentially treat novel coronaviruses
by Deborah Kotz, University of Maryland School of Medicine The compound UMB18 (multi-color) binds to the 3D structure of SKI protein complex shown in silver. Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and School of Pharmacy (UMSOP) have discovered new drug compounds to potentially treat the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The compounds disrupt...