Drug development

How AI is revolutionizing drug development

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MONROVIA, Calif. – Terray Therapeutics’ laboratory is a symphony of miniaturized automation. Robots buzz and deliver small tubes of liquids to their stations. Scientists in blue coats, sterile gloves and safety goggles monitor the machines. But the real action takes place at the nanoscale: combining proteins in solution with chemical molecules in tiny wells in … Read more

CRISPR and other new technologies open doors for drug development, but which diseases get priority? It comes down to money and science

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Prescription drugs and vaccines revolutionized healthcare, dramatically reducing deaths from diseases and improving the quality of life around the world. But how do researchers, universities, hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry decide which diseases to develop drugs for? In my work as director of the Health Outcomes, Policy, and Evidence Synthesis group at the University of … Read more