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Transcription factors can be difficult drug targets, particularly those whose primary structure is a “leucine zipper” in which two α-helices gently coil around each other. Their three-dimensional structure provides few pockets suitable for binding small molecules. In a new (open-access)


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The shape of a molecule influences its properties. While this is true on a per-compound level, things get a little more controversial when discussing molecules in general. Back in 2009 researchers argued that “three dimensional” molecules have b...


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Lots of interesting events coming up this year - hope to see you at one!February 17-19:  The Twelfth NovAliX Conference will be held for the first time in San Diego! You can read my impressions of the 2018 Boston event 


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As covalent drug discovery becomes increasingly common, researchers are becoming more rigorous in how they characterize their molecules. The simple IC50 values used for reversible inhibitors are meaningless for irreversible ligand...


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Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer…   In our small, annual counterweight to Yeats’ “


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