• Question: what drugs are you exploring

    Asked by 473drud47 to Anne, Florence, Mark, Neil, Sinead on 10 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Mark Collins

      Mark Collins answered on 10 Nov 2015:

      I am working on numerous stages of the drug development process and largely focused on drugs to combat cancers. At the moment I have experiments running on drugs to target prostate and ovarian cancers as well as early stage development for a brain inhibitor. At this moment I have 16 different projects at various stages in their development on my bench that I am working on along with my team. It is very busy but a really exciting time.

    • Photo: Sinead Balgobin

      Sinead Balgobin answered on 11 Nov 2015:

      I’m not currently exploring a specific drug, although I have worked in medicines for cancer treatment and for the treatment of mental illnesses. I am currently working on coming up with new reactions, that hopefully will be used by other scientists in their work to make new medicines, which could be anything!

    • Photo: Neil Day

      Neil Day answered on 12 Nov 2015:

      I work on medicines for people with rare diseases. I’ve been working a new treatment for a Genetic disorder called ‘Gaucher’s disease’ but am now also working on a treatment for a form of thyroid cancer

    • Photo: Florence McCarthy

      Florence McCarthy answered on 16 Nov 2015:

      I have 5 projects running in my lab on anticancer with leukaemia and brain cancer particular targets, HIV, steroids and analytical themes.

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