{"id":3668,"date":"2023-11-13T14:58:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T13:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/research-en\/blog\/research-areas\/drug-discovery-and-compound-screening\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:27:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:27:49","slug":"drug-discovery-and-compound-screening","status":"publish","type":"research-areas","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/research-en\/research-areas\/drug-discovery-and-compound-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug Discovery and Compound Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper max-w-screen-3xl mx-auto section\">\n<section class=\"section no-padding-y wp-block-unilux-blocks-hero\">\n    <div class=\"hero hero--2 hero--overlay-top hero--overlay-bottom\">\n        \n<header class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper hero__header\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper hero__container\">\n<span class=\"hero__title__subject wp-block-unilux-blocks-plain-text\"><\/span>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"improved-therapeutic-options-for-cancer-patients\"\n    >\nImproved therapeutic options for cancer patients<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image hero__visual object-fit--cover\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"Drug discovery\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/Drug_discoveryJCb4Qi.png\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/Drug_discoveryJCb4Qi-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/Drug_discoveryJCb4Qi.png 627w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: cover; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper hero__body\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper hero__container\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-plain-text\">Development and identification of novel drugs and drug combinations against cancer<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-buttons btn-list\"><li class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-button\"    aria-disabled=\"false\"\n    >\n    <a\n        role=\"link\"\n        aria-disabled=\"false\"\n                    href=\"#groups\"\n                target=\"_self\"\n        class=\"btn btn--primary\"\n            >Research groups<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"about\"\n    >\nAbout<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The vast majority of cancer diseases are difficult to treat and durable responses to treatment or curing cancer is still a clinical challenge. Every tumor is unique, heterogeneous and quickly evolving. To find better treatments and cures, a lot of effort is put into personalized cancer therapies. Several translational projects, in collaboration with local and international clinical partners, aim at finding treatments that are specifically designed to target cancer in individual patients. The affinity and the effects of the drugs are assessed in cell lines, patient-derived organoids, in vivo and in innovative human 3D models by using several assays such as BRET, confocal microscopy, dose-response relationship, proliferation and invasion assays, robotic drug screening, etc.<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"py-0 wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"groups\"\n    >\nResearch groups<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"flex flex-wrap mt-24 -mx-16  wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-content-card\">\n    <li class=\"w-full sm:w-1\/2 lg:w-1\/3 px-16  wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-content-card-item\">\n    <div class=\"ulux-card card-residence bg-theme\">\n        <div class=\"ulux-card__container card__container\">\n                        <div class=\"ulux-card__visual wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-content-card-item-visual\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-image-video-wrapper\">\n    <figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--cover\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/Image1.png\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/Image1-300x285.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/Image1-768x729.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/Image1.png 813w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; 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font-family: &quot;object-fit: cover; object-position: 100.00% 98.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: cover; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ulux-card__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-content-card-item-body\">\n    \n<div class=\"ulux-card__category wp-block-unilux-blocks-plain-text\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"ulux-card__title has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"cancer-cell-biology-and-drug-discovery\"\n    >\nCancer Cell Biology and Drug Discovery<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fstm-en\/research-groups\/cancer-cell-biology-and-drug-discovery\/\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"ulux-card__link-wrapper card__link wp-block-unilux-blocks-simple-cta\">\n    <a\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fstm-en\/research-groups\/cancer-cell-biology-and-drug-discovery\/\"\n        title=\"Learn more\"\n        class=\"link-text link-text--icon ulux-card__link link-text link-absolute\"\n        target=\"\"\n    >\n        <span class=\"link-text__body\">\n            <span class=\"link-text__name\">Learn more<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-right \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg>    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"research-takes-place-at\"\n    >\nResearch takes place at:<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-button-list\">\n    <li class=\"normal wp-block-unilux-blocks-button-list-item\">\n    <a\n            href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fstm-en\/\"\n            class=\"quick-link wp-block-unilux-blocks-anchor\"        target=\"\"\n>\n    \n<span class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper quick-link__container\"><figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image quick-link__img object-fit--cover\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/03\/01200346\/university-of-luxembourg-fstm-symbol-only.svg\"\n                    style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; 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