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UF medicinal chemists modify sea bacteria byproduct for use as potential cancer drug

University of Florida pharmacy researchers have modified a toxic chemical produced by tiny marine microbes and successfully deployed it against laboratory models of colon cancer. Writing today in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, UF medicinal chemists describe how they took a generally lethal byproduct of marine cyanobacteria and made it more specifically toxic — to cancer...

Departments

The college has five academic departments that have a unique research focus, are highly successful in attracting extramural research support, and are an integral part of the University of Florida Academic Health Center. A sixth department, pharmacy education and practice, is dedicated to enhancing clinical education and practice. Faculty in the departments lead the training and education of...

Centers

Center for Drug Evaluation and Safety The University of Florida Center for Drug Evaluation and Safety, or CoDES, unites researchers interested in using big data to evaluate drugs and the safety of medications in real-world populations. More than 20 drug safety researchers representing four of the six academic colleges at UF Health are members of...

Hendrik Luesch , Ph.D.

Professor And Chair, Debbie And Sylvia DeSantis Chair In Natural Products Drug Discovery And Development

Hendrik Luesch, Ph.D., a professor of medicinal chemistry, received his Diplom in Chemistry at the University of Siegen (Germany)…