The quest for the cure
Subtitle: the science and stories behind the next generation of medicines
By: Brent R. Stockwell
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780231152129; 9780231525527
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Methods; Drugs; Drug development; Proteins; Drug Design; Design; Drug Discovery; Chemistry; Metabolism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-249) and index.
Table of contents: title: The drug discovery crisis; title: A new science of molecules; title: The birth of the first cancer drugs; title: A new company creating drug cocktails; title: The undruggable RAS protein; title: The druggable genome; title: Peering inside proteins; title: The nature of interactions between proteins; title: Blocking protein-protein interactions; title: A revolution in peptide synthesis; title: A vast array of drug candidates; title: Moving outside the small molecule box; title: Accelerating the arrival of next generation drugs.