Team Devises Powerful New Method for Modifying Drug Molecules

The “strain-release amination” technique emerged from the Baran lab’s efforts to help Pfizer synthesize a promising cancer drug candidate.

Flipping Molecular ‘Switch’ May Reduce Nicotine’s Effects in the Brain

The findings from the Parsons, Cravatt and Roberto labs point to a way that a drug might someday make it easier for smokers to quit.

Researchers Develop Versatile New Molecule-Building Technique

The new method from the Yu lab enables researchers to add clusters of atoms called carbon fragment or functional groups to certain organic molecules more efficiently, robustly and selectively than ever before.

Chemists Awarded $2.1 Million to Create Potential New Therapies with Click Chemistry

Professor K. Barry Sharpless and Associate Professor Peng Wu will be investigators on the new grant.