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Paxlovid- history and mechanism of action

February 23, 2022|Uncategorized | 3 Min Read

Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir) Paxlovid is a new potential drug for COVID-19 invented by Pfizer. Paxlovid is composed of two active ingredients, Nirmatrelvir and Ritonavir. Similarly, a mixture of Lopinavir and Ritonavir […]

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New Nucleoside Triphosphates with Antiviral Activity

February 3, 2022|Antivirals, Triphosphates | 5 Min Read

Nucleoside triphosphates with antiviral activity Viruses are causing many troubles in our lives these days. They cause many serious diseases (some of them even deadly) such as cold, influenza, EBOLA, […]

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Alaptide – history, biological activity and synthesis

January 19, 2022|Alaptide | 9 Min Read

Version in Czech is bellow the English version/ Verze v češtině se nachází pod anglickým textem Alaptide Many unique and interesting organic compounds were developed and synthesised by Czech and […]

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Scale-up at Santiago Lab

January 14, 2022|Technology | 6 Min Read

Scale-up of organic reactions At Santiago, we have broad experience with the scale-up of various processes. One of the projects we have been working on was purifying 350 kg of […]

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Antiviral drugs

December 13, 2021|Antivirals, Nucleosides, Triphosphates | 8 Min Read

Viruses are pathogens occurring all around us that can be fought with antiviral drugs. Viruses are the cause of a large number of diseases, many of which are deadly – […]

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Automated DNA chemical synthesis

December 6, 2021|Nucleosides | 3 Min Read

Automated DNA chemical synthesis Over the last few decades, several approaches have been developed to synthesise short DNA sequences. Relevant approaches include the phosphodiester method and the H-phosphonate method. However, […]

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Islatravir

November 26, 2021|Nucleosides, Triphosphates | 4 Min Read
AIDS is a terminal disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), affecting millions worldwide. HIV belongs to the group of retroviruses, which act by incorporating the genetic information stored [...]
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Molnupiravir

November 19, 2021|Antivirals, Nucleosides, Triphosphates, Uncategorized | 3 Min Read
Molnupiravir is a new potential drug against the SARS-CoV-2 infectious virus.   To this date, all medications against SARS-CoV-2 are administered only by infusion and only in severe disease cases [...]
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Nucleotides for DNA post-synthetic functionalization through click chemistry at SantiagoLab

November 3, 2021|Nucleosides, Triphosphates | 4 Min Read

Base-modified DNA could potentially find widespread application in medicinal chemistry and therapy, as well as in material science.[1] Examples of applications of base-modified oligonucleotides include aptamers for therapy[2], as scorpion […]

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FTE/FFS

October 18, 2021|Managment | 3 Min Read
In Santiago Lab, we are working on various exciting projects for many international clients. Usually, depending on the level of complexity, literature precedents, and other factors either FFS (fee for [...]
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