Ranbaxy Research Award to IICT Scientist Dr Ahamed Kamal

Hyderabad, Nov 10 (UNI) Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad (IICT) Scientist Ahmed Kamal has been awarded the prestigious Ranbaxy Research Award for the year 2005, by the Ranbaxy Science Foundation, for excellent contributions in the field of ''Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences''.

Dr Kamal had been selected for the award in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences for his innovative contributions in designing the new molecules based on the receptor-fit approach, particularly, for DNA minor groove binding and DNA topoisomerase II inhibition involving multi-disciplinary facets of pharmaceutical chemistry.

Some of the molecules designed and synthesised on this basis were undergoing pre-clinical studies for treating cancer. His group in the IICT had also demonstrated the development of several new synthetic and enzymatic methodologies for the preparation of chiral pharmaceutical intermediates.

The research had set the stage to explore the lead molecules for treating genetic based diseases including caners.

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