Touchdown: Drug Discovery for Translational Application #1

Touchdown: Drug Discovery for Translational Application #1

Rameen Shakur, Arijit Basu, Arnab Rudra

Koch Institute at MIT, MIT Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Medical Engineering and Science

In this picture using molecular dynamics and simulations taken from  experimental data we confirm how the drug (in yellow)  is binding onto this human protein called JNK1 directly. This is the first time a drug has been found that is able to bind and effect this protein pivotal for cell survival in cancers.

two identical views of a homologous protein model, one on an orange background, one on a black background

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