Researchers from the Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) have been awarded the “Project of the Year 2018” from Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) for their discovery work on potential new drugs for...
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03 Jul 2019The University of Dundee‘s Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) has announced a multi-million-pound partnership with Korean-based Bukwang Pharmaceutical Company in a bid to develop a new drug treatment for...
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03 Jul 2019Mike Ferguson, Regius Professor of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee, has today received a knighthood for his services to science.
Professor Sir Mike, one of the UK’s most eminent...
Jun 2019
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05 Jun 2019The University of Dundee Drug Discovery Unit is delighted to announce it has licensed assets to Corbin Therapeutics to develop possible new treatments for neuroinflammation-based disorders,...
Feb 2019
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20 Feb 2019The Drug Discovery Unit announces a partnership with Takeda, Japan’s largest pharmaceutical company, to develop possible new therapeutic treatments for tau pathology, an underlying feature in...
Jan 2019
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16 Jan 2019Professor Mike Ferguson, Regius Professor of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee, has received a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours list.
Professor Ferguson has been honoured for...
Jul 2018
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25 Jul 2018Discovery of a new potential treatment for visceral leishmaniasis - one of the world’s major neglected diseases
• Research published in Nature on a new preclinical drug candidate targeting...
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02 Jul 2018Dundee bridges the gap between academia and drug development
Universities have always played a unique role in the life science sector either providing the research behind the innovations or...
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27 Mar 2017Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest threats to global human and animal health – the O’Neill Report earlier this year stated that, unless we take urgent action, it will be...
Dec 2016
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07 Dec 2016The University of Dundee has been awarded £13.6 million by Wellcome to establish a new research centre to tackle some of the world’s most devastating diseases. The Wellcome Centre for Anti-...
Sep 2016
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20 Sep 2016Global Health Chemical Diversity Library
The Global Health Chemical Diversity Library is a 68,689 compound lead-like diversity library prepared for screening against the Bill and Melinda...
May 2016
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26 May 2016The first Dundee Design Festival opened this week and featuring two Life Sciences exhibits
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16 May 2016The DDU is hosting a scientific conference 18 - 20 May 2016 to celebrate its tenth anniversary. We have compiled an international-class list of speakers, discussing the future of drug discovery,...
