Bile acids repurposed to tackle human disease
Learn more about how the synthetic chemistry team is repurposing bile acids to solve problems.
The problem
Inflammation, type-II diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s are an increasing health and well-being burden with few effective remedies.
Our solution
We have identified several enzyme targets for each disease state and have world-leading knowledge about a class of compounds that we are synthesising to provide new drug therapies.
The impact
Novel compounds were prepared that are being tested by our industry partners to treat these human diseases.
Research Team
Synthetic chemistry team
Synthesis of novel nucleoside based antivirals and antibacterials and bile acid derivatives.
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