Design by Luna 9 – Written by First Create the Media
Unlocking
drug discovery
Working smarter in the search for new therapies
Design by Luna 9
Written by First Create the Media
Unlocking
drug
discovery
Working smarter in the search for new therapies
This takes a lot of time and money, with a lot of dead ends along the way.
It’s a bit like sifting through a huge pile of keys to find one that more-or-less fits the lock.
Currently, most drug discovery is done through trial and error as scientists search for ways to target the faulty molecules and processes that underpin disease.
This takes a lot of time and money, with a lot of dead ends along the way.
It’s a bit like sifting through a huge pile of keys to find one that more-or-less fits the lock.
Currently, most drug discovery is done through trial and error as scientists search for ways to target the faulty molecules and processes that underpin disease.
Over recent years, scientists have been able to gather huge amounts of biological information, such as changes in the molecules and genes within cells as a disease develops or detailed clinical reports and scans.
Over recent years,
scientists have been able to gather huge amounts of biological information, such
as changes in the molecules and genes within cells as
a disease develops or
detailed clinical reports
and scans.
Over recent years, scientists have been able to gather huge amounts of biological information, such as changes in the molecules and genes within cells as a disease develops or detailed clinical reports and scans.
Over recent years,
scientists have been able to gather huge amounts of biological information, such
as changes in the molecules and genes within cells as
a disease develops or
detailed clinical reports
and scans.
A new generation of drug developers are using powerful computer algorithms to crunch hundreds of millions of pieces of data together, looking for connections and patterns that we could never spot with our human eyes and brains.
A new generation of
drug developers are using powerful computer algorithms
to crunch hundreds of millions
of pieces of data together, looking for connections and patterns that we could never spot with our human eyes and brains.
These insights can help researchers know exactly which ‘lock’ to target in a particular disease and design the right kind of ‘key’ that will fit.
These insights can help researchers know exactly which ‘lock’ to target in a particular disease and design the right kind of ‘key’ that will fit.
We can even use this information to hack biology, using artificial intelligence (AI) to invent smarter drugs that work in completely new ways with fewer side effects – not using a conventional ‘key’, but an entirely different approach to unlocking the problem.