Drug discovery needs to change

Ethnobotany, Ethnopharmacology and Drug Discovery

     This manuscript is a review of a number of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology texts and papers in order to arrive at current understanding and scope of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology. It includes either a brief definition of both fields and presenting some examples on them. Also it has a glimpse on the geographical coverage of research works throughout the world, important issue of prope...

Introduction to Drug Discovery

ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology and drug discovery

this manuscript is a review of a number of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology texts and papers in order to arrive at current understanding and scope of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology. it includes either a brief definition of both fields and presenting some examples on them. also it has a glimpse on the geographical coverage of research works throughout the world, important issue of property r...

Human-Yeast Hybrids: New Visions to Genetic Disorders and Drug Discovery

Yeast has been a very helpful organism for centuries, especially with respect to fermentation of sugars and production of bread. However, for an even longer time, yeast has been a distant relative of humans having diverged from a common ancestor, about one billion years ago. More than one third of the yeast genes have human counterparts, despite this evolutionary distance. Yeast and human ortho...

Applying science to drug discovery.

Scientists and science in the pharmaceutical industry rely heavily on the more academically orientated basic research carried out at Universities, for first of all training, but also as a source of new ideas and approaches to drug discovery. Progress in the discovery and development of novel therapeutics benefits from a healthy alliance with, and the output from, more basic research institution...