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Targeting drug discovery

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Translational and Clinical
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The development of new medicines is dependent on the identification of novel drug targets.
CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

In the search for new medicines for cancer or inflammatory disorders, small molecules are invaluable tools for testing the activity of possible target proteins. Those small chemical compounds can also affect the morphology and phenotype of cell samples collected from patients, opening the possibility to develop new therapeutics.

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Translational and Clinical
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Kilian Huber
Keywords
drug discovery
cancer
inflammatory disorder
proteins
molecules
compounds
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Date Added: 28/04/2016
Duration: 00:03:59

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