How many times should we screen a chemical library to discover an anticancer drug?

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 167-169

  López Lázaro, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MOLECULAR LIBRARY;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL LINE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPREHENSION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISTANT METASTASIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR LIBRARY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES;

EID: 84922918064     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: 18785832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2014.12.006     Document Type: Editorial

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