A University of Iowa-led study has revealed the unexpected structure adopted by the DNA repair protein RAD52 as it binds and ...

Precious metals are not merely ornaments; they are also important components of pharmaceuticals, like the antitumor drug cisplatin. Recently, the search for alternatives with improved activity has ...

More information: Merve Demir et al, Structural basis for substrate binding, catalysis and inhibition of cancer target mitochondrial creatine kinase by a covalent inhibitor, Structure (2025).

A recently identified bacterial protein structure is contributing to the design of novel anticancer drug delivery systems.

Taking aspirin was first linked to a lower risk of colorectal cancer in 1988, but the research into its anti-tumour potential ...

When experienced researcher Renato Aguilera happened across the chemical structure of a tried-and-true antimalarial drug one day, he thought it might effectively fight cancer. He was right ...

These vesicles consist of a spherical bilayer structure surrounding an aqueous ... biodegradability, isolation of drugs from the surrounding environment and the ability to entrap both hydrophilic ...

Corcept Therapeutics said on Monday its experimental drug in combination with chemotherapy helped delay progression of a type ...

When I looked closely at the structure of the drug, I saw that it could be used to attack cancer cells," Aguilera said. "Several years later, the granting of the patent is getting us closer to ...

The research, conducted by scientists at the University of Cambridge in England, discovered the common drug could reduce metastasis—the spread of cancer cells from the original tumor to other ...