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Organosilicon chemistry offers an alternative to PFAS in the food and medical industry
Many medical products require hydrophobic coatings to prevent cell adhesion or to optimize sliding and frictional properties. Fraunhofer IFAM has developed a fluorine-free coating that mimics the properties of previously available fluoropolymers, as demonstrated by hydrophobic coatings on synthetic nonwovens. Credit: Fraunhofer IFAM Due to the unique properties of PFAS, few chemicals can compete with them. This is why it…
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Chemistry ChatGPT for new drugs: Researchers train AI to predict potential active ingredients
Three-dimensional structures of two target proteins, histone deacetylase 6 (blue) and tyrosine protein kinase JAK2 (red), and selective inhibitors of each enzyme. The central dual inhibitor is active against both targets. Prediction of compounds with predefined dual target activities is the task of chemical language models. Credit: Sanjana Srinivasan & Jürgen Bajorath Researchers at the University of Bonn have trained…
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Machine learning solves protein folding problem and wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be awarded to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for using machine learning to tackle one of biology’s biggest challenges: predicting the 3D shape of proteins and designing them from scratch. , honored David Baker. This year’s awards were notable because they celebrated research originating from technology companies, namely DeepMind, an AI research startup…
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Use synthetic chemistry to plan the route of drugs into the body
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) have developed a technique that allows the body to change the recognized identity of proteins. The innovation, published October 2 in Nature Communications, allows researchers to target tumors in mice with a protein and transport the protein out of the body. This means that cancer-killing drugs can…
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