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X-rays for drug discovery

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Translational Medicine
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Professor Frank von Delft works to ensure that X-ray structures can serve as a routine and predictive tool for generating novel chemistry for targeting proteins.
In the process of drug discovery, X-ray crystallography is the most sensitive way to find out which compounds bind to a target protein. Recent advances in technology allow researchers to test many more compounds, much more rapidly. The ultimate aim is to bring much needed new treatments to patients.

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Translational Medicine
People
Frank von Delft
Keywords
x-ray crystallography
drug discovery
proteins
protein structure
compounds
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Date Added: 23/09/2016
Duration: 00:07:40

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