08-16-2017, 10:26 PM
Drug discovery is the process by which drugs are discovered or designed in the field of medicine, biotechnology and pharmacology ,In the past most drugs have been discovered either by identifying the active ingredient from traditional remedies or by serendipitous discovery. A new approach has been to understand how disease and infection are controlled at the molecular and physiological level and to target specific entities based on this knowledge.
The process of drug discovery involves the identification of candidates, synthesis, characterization, screening, and assays for therapeutic efficacy. Once a compound has shown its value in these tests, it will begin the process of drug development prior to clinical trials.The process of finding a new drug against a chosen target for a particular disease usually involves high-throughput screening (HTS), wherein large libraries of chemicals are tested for their ability to modify the target.
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http://en.wikipediawiki/Drug_discovery
http://naturenrd/journal/v7/n7/abs/nrd2290.html