Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Chemistry World: Drugs, the permanent way

Exceptions to a long-held rule against chemically bonding to biological targets are powering new cancer medicines, finds Andy Extance

https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/covalent-inhibitor-drugs/2500494.article

Discovery of an Orally Bioavailable Reversible Covalent SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Inhibitor with Pan-Coronavirus Activity

Qian Wen Tan, Subramanyam Vankadara, Jia Yi Fong, Yi Yang See, Nithya Baburajendran, Pearly Shuyi Ng, Weijun Xu, Yee Khoon Yeo, Weiling Wang...