Contemporary drug discovery is dominated by two related themes. The first of these is target validation upon which the sustainability of pharmaceutical R&D (in both the commercial and academic sectors) crucially depends. The second is the size of the pool of human…
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Hot topic: Pharmacogenomics of GPCR Drug Targets
A system of rigorous clinical trials and regulation exist to ensure that a new drug is safe and effective when reaching the market. However, natural human genetic variation(s) may cause individuals to respond differently to the same medication. A collaboration…
Hot topic: Trends in GPCR drug discovery: new agents, targets and indications
New avenues for GPCR drug discovery have emerged owing to recent advances in receptor pharmacology, technological breakthroughs in structural biology and innovations in biotechnology. A collaboration between the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen (home of the…
New content and features on The Guide to PHARMACOLOGY: our April 2014 update
Last month we updated our site to include the results of our curation efforts since the start of the year. Our main focus of 2014 so far has been curation of approved drugs and clinical targets, and the site has…
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Posted in Database updates, Drug targets
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