Research and Markets - Structure-Guided Drug Design: Rediscovering the Importance of Drug Structure for Drug Discovery

Dublin--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c10654) has announced the addition of Structure-Guided Drug Design: Rediscovering the Importance of Drug Structure for Drug Discovery to their offering

(PRWEB) December 6, 2004 -- Structure-based drug design is perhaps the most elegant approach for discovering compounds exhibiting high specificity and efficacy. In reality, drug targets are very complex and this approach has had only limited utility. However, a number of recent successful drugs have in part or in whole emerged from a structure-based research approach. This Report describes the many advances including crystallography and informatics that are behind these successes. The Report also discusses the impact these advances in structure-based drug design are likely to have on the economics of drug discovery.

Chapter 1: Executive Summary

Chapter 2: Drug Discovery In Context

Chapter 3: Hormones And Receptors

Chapter 4: The Combinatorial Explosion or High-Throughput Everything

Chapter 5: Molecular Interactions and Virtual Drug Design

Chapter 6: The Modern Synthesis: Bringing It All Together

Chapter 7: Future Prospects

Chapter 8: Companies To Watch

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Laura Wood

Senior Manager

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