Grant Glues Together Research Experts To Tackle Incurable Diseases (The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute)

UF researcher Thomas Kodadek’s team has won a prestigious international grant to collaborate with Merck KGaA on developing “molecular glue degraders,” a novel technology that harnesses the body’s recycling system to treat previously undruggable diseases like aggressive cancers and brain disorders.
Scientists Blaze New Path to Fighting Viral Diseases (UF Scripps)

In a quest to develop new antiviral drugs for COVID-19 and other diseases, a collaboration led by UF researchers has identified a potential new drug against the virus that causes COVID-19.