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Prolexys Pharma and Whitehead Collaborate on Chemiproteomics

Dec 05, 2003

NEW YORK, Dec. 5 (GenomeWeb News) - Prolexys Pharmaceuticals, formerly Myriad Proteomics, announced today that it is collaborating with the Whitehead Institute to use compounds from Whitehead and Prolexys' HySpec mass spec platform and chemiproteomic techniques to find new oncology targets.

 

The collaboration will last for two years under the current agreement. Scientists will look to identify compounds with limited toxicology and side effects. Brent Stockwell's lab at Whitehead will provide the compounds and will modify the compounds following the proteomic studies at Prolexys.

 

Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

 

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