Molecules + medicines
Research in this area will advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human disease through understanding of disease mechanisms at the cellular and molecular level; sophisticated, personalized diagnostic tests to determine causes and therapy; and new medical interventions and preventative measures using drugs, biologics and devices.
Select KU research in this area
KU Cancer Center evaluating progestin use to treat endometrial cancer
The multi-institutional project will evaluate which of these synthetic hormones are the most effective and which are the safest.
NSF grant will support new research for pharmaceutical drug discoveries
Zarko Boskovic, assistant professor of medicinal chemistry, is using photochemistry to improve drug discovery.
Research from the University of Kansas suppresses coronavirus by targeting Mac1
The findings point toward potential antiviral therapies to combat future coronavirus pandemics and confirm the importance of Mac1 to the viability of the virus.
KU scientists and center director among experts calling for revision of federal food and nutrition guidance during pregnancy
The paper suggests that if all pregnant women in the U.S. were to eat optimum amounts of fish, “gains of up to six points would cause average population-wide IQ to shift appreciably upward."
KU's strengths in this area
- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
- Center for Chemical Biology of Infectious Diseases
- Center for Genomics
- Center for Molecular Analysis of Disease Pathways
- Department of Chemistry
- Institute for Information Sciences
- Institute for Bioengineering Research
- KU Cancer Center
- Molecular Biosciences
- School of Pharmacy
- Vaccine Analytics Formulation Center