Dr Michael J. Waring describes medicinal chemistry's role in developing cancer treatments, modern targeted therapies and future challenges tackling resistance.
This lecture, which is the inaugural RSC Biological and Medicinal
Chemistry Section Lectureship, will describe the role medicinal
chemistry has played in the development of today¹s recognised
treatments, modern approaches to targeted therapies and future
challenges in tackling resistance to these therapies. This will be
showcased with stories of how some of today¹s recognised drugs were
discovered and how modern medicinal chemistry approaches have been
applied to discover new treatments, which show great promise for the future.
This lecture, which is the inaugural RSC Biological and Medicinal
Chemistry Section Lectureship, will describe the role medicinal
chemistry has played in the development of today¹s recognised
treatments, modern approaches to targeted therapies and future
challenges in tackling resistance to these therapies. This will be
showcased with stories of how some of today¹s recognised drugs were
discovered and how modern medicinal chemistry approaches have been
applied to discover new treatments, which show great promise for the future.
