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Methods of Dealkenylative Amination and Azidation (UCLA Case No. 2024-032)
UCLA researchers led by Professor Ohyun Kwon have developed a toolkit for organic synthesis, providing chemists with a robust, selective, and practical solution for the construction of amine and azide functionalities via innovative dealkenylative strategies, opening new avenues in drug discovery and complex molecule assembly. The dealkenylative amination...
Published: 9/12/2025   |   Inventor(s): Ohyun Kwon
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Category(s): Platforms, Life Science Research Tools
Therapeutics to Treat Cardiac Arrhythmia (UCLA Case No. 2020-141)
SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry have developed novel small molecule compounds for alleviating cardiac arrhythmia. These new compounds are analogs of existing anti-arrhythmic molecule, efsevin, demonstrating enhanced anti-arrhythmic activity compared to efsevin.BACKGROUND Cardiac arrhythmias are responsible for...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Ohyun Kwon
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Category(s): Therapeutics > Cardiovascular
2008-541 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE-I AND II
Novel Non-Peptidomimetic Prenyltransferase InhibitorsSUMMARYUCLA Researchers in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and School of Medicine have synthesized a series of small molecule therapeutics against GGTase-I and GGTase-II, both of which are critical oncology drug targets.BACKGROUNDThe Ras protein is typically abnormally active in cancer...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Ohyun Kwon, Hannah D.G. Fiji, Fuyuhiko Tamanoi, Masaru Watanabe
Keywords(s): Oncology, Therapeutics & Vaccines
Category(s): Therapeutics, Therapeutics > Oncology