Molecular Insights on Drug Discovery, Design, and Treatment
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 4072
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the context of today's growing global health challenges, the need for rapid development of effective and safe therapeutics for a wide range of diseases is stronger than ever. Recent insights into drug discovery, design, and treatment are providing new ideas and approaches, particularly in the following key areas:
- Drug development strategy;
- Identification of new drug targets;
- Drug-protein interaction;
- Multidisciplinary collaboration.
Drug discovery and development needs to integrate a knowledge of pharmacology, toxicology, molecular biology and other disciplines and promote the synergy between scientific research and industrial activities to find new drugs and treatments in cancer, cardiovascular diseases, neurological diseases, metabolic diseases and microbial infections. By incorporating the latest insights in drug discovery, design, and treatment, we hope to drive innovation and collaboration among the scientific community in regard to drug development, leading to safer and more effective treatment options.
Please note that papers published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences are encouraged to include results at the molecular level. Both original research articles and reviews on these topics are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Chih Kang Chiang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antibacterial drugs
- antiviral drugs
- antioxidant drugs
- anti-inflammatory drugs
- antibiotics
- anticancer drugs
- drug discovery
- drug development
- drug design
- drug delivery
- drug carriers
- nanoparticles
- molecular modeling
- molecular mechanisms
- crystallography
- pharmacokinetics
- molecular activity
- inhibitors and antagonists
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