What is Cocklebur? Xanthium strumarium is a flowering plant belonging to the Asteraceae family. It is an annual herb known for its rough, oval spines covered in hooked spines. These burrs easily attach to clothing, fur, and feathers, allowing the plant’s seeds to disperse over long distances. It is considered a noxious weed in some…
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Unlocking the secrets of cellular uptake: paving the way for new cancer and disease treatments
Drug development is a balancing act between ensuring that the drug is suitable for the target and that the drug can penetrate the cell membrane to reach the target. Typically, research into drugs that can cross cell membranes has focused on small, rigid molecules with nonpolar chemical structures. However, new therapeutic strategies break traditional drug…
A New Tool to Prevent Protein Interactions Found
Within the cell, proteins continuously interact with each other to perform different functions. For some diseases where these functions are altered, blocking the binding between two or more proteins becomes a possible treatment. Dr. Xavier Salvatella, a scientist led by ICREA researchers, published guidelines for the design of synthetic molecules to prevent interactions between…