Peptide chemistry has made many important contributions to the field of medicine. This thematic series highlights some of these advances with papers covering all areas of peptide chemistry that have implications for medicine, ranging from peptide synthesis and chemical ligation, through to medicinal applications like vaccines and tissue engineering.
Editors: Prof Yasuhiro Nishiyama, Prof Gisbert Schneider, Prof Paul Wrede
Due to the vast importance of peptides in biological processes, there is an escalating need for synthetic peptides to be used in a wide variety of applications. However, the consumption of organic solvent is e...
Many studies are currently investigating the development of safe and effective vaccines to prevent various infectious diseases. Multiple antigen-presenting peptide vaccine systems have been developed to avoid ...
Because of the shifted focus in life science research from genome analyses to genetic and protein function analyses, we now know functions of numerous proteins. These analyses, including those of newly identif...
