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Structural systems pharmacology: a new frontier in discovering novel drug targets.
Current drug targets - 1 Aug 2013
Tan Hepan, Ge Xiaoxia, Xie Lei
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The modern target-based drug discovery process, characterized by the one-drug-one-gene paradigm, has been of limited success. In contrast, phenotype-based screening produces thousands of active compounds but gives no hint as to what their molecular targets are or which ones merit further research. This presents a question: What is a suitable target for an efficient and safe drug? In this paper, we argue that...
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