Drug discovery and development: introduction to the general public and patient groups

Finding new drugs usually consists of five main stages: 1) a pre-discovery stage in which basic research is performed to try to understand the mechanisms leading to diseases and propose possible targets (e.g., proteins); 2) the drug discovery stage, during which scientists search for molecules (two...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Drug Discovery
Main Authors:	Natesh Singh, Philippe Vayer, Shivalika Tanwar, Jean-Luc Poyet, Katya Tsaioun, Bruno O. Villoutreix
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Subjects:	drug discovery drug development therapeutic agent biologics small molecules artificial intelligence (AI)
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fddsv.2023.1201419/full

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