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Center for Drug Design

The Center for Drug Design (CDD) in collaboration with the University of Minnesota Technology Commercialization team, and our industry Licensee, TOPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., held a mini-symposium where attendees engaged in a scientific discussion on ProteXidine's journey from lab to market. ProteXidine is a proprietary biomimetic decoy molecule enhances skin's natural ability to mitigate damage caused by UV exposure and Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS). Ongoing scientific research continues to reveal promising new applications.  ProteXidine®: The Intersection of Science, Technology, and Skin-Aging.

For 20 years, the University of Minnesota Center for Drug Design has combined research and scholarship to develop novel drugs for therapeutic applications, such as HIV, other human viral pathogens, neurological diseases, cancers, and much more.  CDD research featuring numerous internal and external collaborations and shared within the broad scientific community is typically geared toward developing innovative and marketable technologies to benefit human health.

We celebrated the CDD's 20th Anniversary with a one-day symposium on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 at McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis, MN. Symposium speakers included internationally renowned drug researchers Dr. Dennis Liotta, Dr. Pei-Yong Shi as invited keynote speakers and Dr. Bob Vince as the Founding Director of the CDD.