In the great melodrama of life on Earth, diseases have played the role of an effective antagonist. Researchers at SBASSE are busy with developing new ways to fight disease through the fusion of cutting-edge technology, drug discovery and vaccine development. The work highlighted in this video is led by Dr. Rahman Shah Zaib Saleem and Dr. Shahzad ul Hussan.
Treatment of cancer, a disease that is one of the leading contributors to mortality, is often complicated by development of the multidrug resistance in the patient. The Drug Discovery Labs at SBASSE aims to develop drugs of the future that can target specific cellular pathways critical for the development and progression of cancer and at the same time help overcome multidrug resistance.
Focus of Biochemistry and Structural Biology Research Group, led by Dr. Shahzad ul Hussan is to discover potential antiviral drugs, create knowledge that can guide to develop successful vaccines and understand the details of viral infections at atomic-level to help in devising better strategies to combat viral infections. For achieving these goals, research teams at SBASSE are working on four different globally and locally prevalent viruses including HIV, Hepatitis C virus (HCV), dengue virus and SARS-CoV-2.