Metal Complexes and Medicine: A Successful Combination

Gilles Gasser

doi:10.2533/chimia.2015.442

Metal Complexes and Medicine: A Successful Combination

Authors

Gilles Gasser University of Zurich Department of Chemistry Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. gilles.gasser@chem.uzh.ch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2015.442

Keywords:

Bioorganometallic chemistry, Medicinal inorganic chemistry, Medicinal organometallic chemistry, Schistosomiasis

Abstract

Since the start of our independent research at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Zurich in 2009, our group has been, among other topics, working on the use of metal complexes in medicinal chemistry. In this short review article, we highlight our recent achievements in the use of such compounds to fight the parasitic disease schistosomiasis.