Open AccessNetworking for new drugs
Author(s) -
Claire Ainsworth
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
nature medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.536
H-Index - 547
eISSN - 1546-170X
pISSN - 1078-8956
DOI - 10.1038/nm1011-1166
Subject(s) - magic bullet , magic (telescope) , medicine , computer science , engineering ethics , neuroscience , psychology , bioinformatics , engineering , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
Many of today's most celebrated drugs are designed to hit only one biological target with great precision. But a novel clinical trial aims to turn this idea on its head by using 'network pharmacology' to more effectively tackle a common neurological disorder affecting limb movement. Claire Ainsworth looks into how medicine's proverbial 'magic bullet' might soon give way to a more sophisticated arsenal.
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