In the current drug development process, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have proven
to be very useful. This chapter provides an overview of the current applications of MD …

The processes used by academic and industrial scientists to discover new drugs have
recently experienced a true renaissance, with many new and exciting techniques being …

Pancreatic cancer is a very deadly disease with a 5-year survival rate, making it one of the
leading causes of cancer-related deaths globally. Focal adhesion kinase 1 (FAK1) is a …

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is an enveloped pathogenic virus of cultured shrimp that
has a mortality rate of up to 100% in intensive aquaculture systems. The virulent pathogen …

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare neuroendocrine skin malignancy caused by human
Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), leading to the most aggressive skin cancer in humans …

The introduction of computational techniques to pharmaceutical chemistry and molecular
biology in the 20th century has changed the way people develop drugs. The computeraided …

Sea urchin-derived compounds are potential candidates for the development of effective
drugs for the treatment of cancer diseases. In this study, 19 compounds derived from sea …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is widely known as a disease of the lung, even though it is in truth a
systemic disease, whose symptoms typically manifest in gastrointestinal dysfunction first. CF …

Abstract Background and Objectives: Genome-scale metabolic networks (GEMs) represent a
valuable modeling and computational tool in the broad field of systems biology. Their ability …

Caulerpa spp. secrete more than thirty different bioactive chemicals which have already
been used in cancer treatment research since they play a pivotal role in cancer metabolism …