New Drugs Faster From Natural Compounds
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 13:28
in Biology & Nature
A researcher isolates a natural compound with promising antimicrobial properties from ocean water. But is it a discovery? Or has the compound already been described and is therefore not patentable? Researchers have now invented computational tools that enable other researchers to rapidly and economically answer the 'is it new or not?' question for promising drug targets: ring-shaped nonribosomal peptides.