Challenges for chemistry in health and medicine

MEDI 5

Ronald Breslow, Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, 3000 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Medicinal chemistry is responsible for most of the incredible 30 year increase in human life expectancy in the U.S. over this past century. Even so, there are many challenges remaining for the current and future generations of chemists to address and solve. This lecture will point out the need for progress in the remaining disease areas, to be achieved by medicinal chemists working Beyond the Molecular Frontier. An example will be described from the author's own work.