Organic Synthesis and Drug Development

Organic Synthesis and Drug Development

Organic Synthesis and Drug Development The Organic Synthesis and Drug Development Laboratory has focused on the design, synthesis, physicochemical and biological characterization of potential drugs for the treatment of atherosclerosis and other diseases in which...
Experimental Evolution of Viruses

Experimental Evolution of Viruses

Experimental Evolution of Viruses Epidemics caused by viruses cause millions of infections each year, putting thousands of lives at risk. The development of treatments frequently fails due to the great capacity of these pathogens to evade the immune response, in part...
Worm Biology

Worm Biology

Worm Biology Laboratory Our laboratory (joint between IP Montevideo and the Faculty of Chemistry, Udelar) investigate how worms get energy. Parasitic worms —also known as helminths— infect a quarter of the world’s population. Eight of the twenty diseases catalogue by...