UF Scientists Eye Novel Drug Candidate With Marine Origins to Treat Vision Loss
UF College of Pharmacy researchers teamed with collaborators at SERI and at A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Singapore, or IMCB, to see whether Apratoxin S4, a novel molecule based on marine cyanobacteria, could be an effective therapy in restricting abnormal blood vessel formation in the eye, which may be a potential treatment […]
NIGMS Awards Dr. Yousong Ding $1.7 Million Grant to Advance Natural Product Research (UF College of Pharmacy)
Yousong Ding, Ph.D., an assistant professor of medicinal chemistry, received a five-year, $1.7 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to advance his natural product-based drug research. With the funding from the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award, Ding aims to access and expand chemical diversity of microbes through the use of new, innovative […]