Design, Synthesis and Development of Novel Antiviral Agents
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2024 | Viewed by 1536
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increase in infectious diseases related to emerging viruses (or the re-emergence of old ones) is still a "Hot Topic" nowadays [1]. Over the last four years, we have extensively discussed the most recent advances in the antiviral agents of SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses (SARS and MERS). However, it is essential to underline that many other viruses are dangerous to human health. In this regard, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a list of pathogens that could cause future pandemics and outbreaks, recommending the scientific community to invest in research [2,3]. From this perspective, it is appropriate to keep up with and underline the progress made to date in the Design and Synthesis of new antiviral drugs, as well as the importance of in silico computational methodologies in the Development of antiviral drug discovery.
This Special Issue aims to collect original contributions and reviews that delve into the most recent research results related to the Design, Synthesis and Development of Novel Antiviral Agents to overcome the emergency of future viral outbreaks.
We welcome original research, review, mini-review and perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to, the following:
- Rational design and synthesis;
- In silico drug design;
- Multi-target rational drug design;
- Drug repurposing proposals;
- Machine learning and deep learning in drug design in the antiviral field.
We invite authors to submit original manuscripts addressing all aspects of this topic.
References
- De Clercq E. Antivirals: Past, present and future. Biochem Pharmacol. 2013, 85, 727–744. doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2012.12.011.
- www.who.int/news/item/21-11-2022-who-to-identify-pathogens-that-could-cause-future-outbreaks-and-pandemics.
- www.who.int/activities/prioritizing-diseases-for-research-and-development-in-emergency-contexts.
Dr. Antonio Lupia
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- viruses
- emerging viral diseases
- infectious diseases
- antiviral agents
- small molecules
- structure−activity relationship (SAR) studies
- drug design (DD) and synthesis
- computer-aided drug discovery (CADD)
- medicinal chemistry
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