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SUMMARY:A Pint of Knowledge: The Chemistry of Peptides: &quot\;small prote
 ins&quot\; fighting &quot\;big diseases&quot\; - Dr. Albert Isidro Llobet
DTSTART:20140409T180000Z
DTEND:20140409T200000Z
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CONTACT:Dr. Maria Jimenez-Sanchez
DESCRIPTION:Peptides are short chains of amino acids that can be found in 
 places as far apart as the depths of the Caribbean Sea\, the African and A
 sian deserts and our body. Peptides have great potential as medicines\, ha
 ving the same components as proteins they can selectively interact with th
 e protein causing a disease or modulate protein-protein interactions. Hist
 orically\, the major limitations of peptides have been poor stability in o
 ur body and lack of cell permeability which prevented them from reaching t
 heir target proteins and have a therapeutic effect. Recently\, chemists ha
 ve found ways of obtaining peptides that are stable and cell permeable and
  the approvals of new peptidic medicines are increasing year after year. I
  will introduce you to the peptide world\, discussing how we can make them
  in the lab using from tea-bags to "Breaking Bad-type" chemistry\, what pr
 operties make them interesting to the pharmaceutical industry and how they
  can cure big diseases.
LOCATION:The Panton Arms Pub
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