Professor Sunil Shaunak

Drug Discovery Group

"People in Academic Medicine have a choice. They can use their ideas and creativity to make large sums of money for a few people, or they can look outwards to the global community and make affordable treatments for common diseases."

• Interview in Imperial College monthly podcast for March 2007 - download from this page
• Hospital Doctor - May 2006
• The Guardian - 2 January 2007
• Channel 4 News: 'Cheap Drug Alternative?' - Jan. 2007
• CBC - The Current (Part 2): 'Ethical Pharmaceuticals' - Jan. 2007

(1) PEGylating therapeutic proteins

(a) Nature Chemical Biology 2006
(b) Nature Protocols 2007
(c) Nature Protocols 2006
(d) Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 2008
(e) Bioconjugate Chemistry 2006

(2) Dendrimer based drugs prevent scaring

(a) Nature Biotechnology 2004
(b) The Therapeutic Potential of Dendrimers in Diseases of the Eye - Presentation at ARVO 2006

(3) Blocking HIV-1 entry into cells

Drug Targeting 2003

(4) Monitoring HIV-1 replication in organs

Nature Medicine 2000