Automated discovery of novel drug formulations using predictive iterated high throughput experimentation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Caschera, Filippo ^a,b   Gazzola, Gianluca ^a   Bedau, Mark A ^a,b,d,e   Moreno, Carolina Bosch ^a   Buchanan, Andrew ^a   Cawse, James ^a,f   Packard, Norman ^a,c,d   Hanczyc, Martin M ^a,b  

^a ProtoLife Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR LIVING TECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^e REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^f Cawse and Effect   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG FORMULATION; ENCAPSULATION; EXPERIMENTATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; AUTOMATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT;

AMPHOTERICIN B; AUTOMATION; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG DISCOVERY;

EID: 77649157271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008546     Document Type: Article

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