Hacker News with Generative AI: Drug Development

A protein folding mystery solved: Study explains core packing fractions (phys.org)
A study published in PRX Life sheds some light on this issue, and could lead to new ways to design proteins for drug therapeutics, novel biomaterials, and other applications.
Science, Biology, Protein Folding, Drug Development, Biomaterials
94 points by PaulHoule 12 days ago | 27 comments
Progress and prospects of mRNA-based drugs in pre-clinical/clinical applications (nature.com)
In the last decade, messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based drugs have gained great interest in both immunotherapy and non-immunogenic applications.
mRNA Technology, Biomedicine, Drug Development, Clinical Trials, Medical Research
3 points by lawrenceyan 159 days ago | 0 comments
Drug Development Failure: how GLP-1 development was abandoned in 1990 (muse.jhu.edu)
Drug Development, History, Science, GLP-1
152 points by bookofjoe 239 days ago | 166 comments
What good are whizzy new drugs if the world can't afford them? (economist.com)
Healthcare, Economics, Drug Development
29 points by elektor 309 days ago | 94 comments
How A.I. Is Revolutionizing Drug Development (nytimes.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Pharmaceuticals, Drug Development
20 points by marban 313 days ago | 4 comments
Cost of developing new drugs may be lower than industry claims: trial (theguardian.com)
Pharmaceuticals, Drug Development, Research, Cost Analysis, Healthcare
275 points by swores 366 days ago | 282 comments