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Desktop Drug Discovery
Pharma companies turn to computer simulations to complement experimentation and trial design
The Scientist 2004, 18(4):33
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Imagine being able to discover the latest blockbuster drug using nothing but a PC and some highly sophisticated software. It's not as far-fetched as it sounds. A growing number of labs – both industrial and academic – are going "in silico," simulating everything from cells to clinical trials. The result is a sea change in pharmaceutical research, with resources once earmarked for bench work now being shunted into central processing unit clock cycles.
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