Hey everyone! Today's episode is about getting into the nitty gritty of drug discovery. We often benefit from the research and development that goes into the creation of drugs we use to treat illnesses without really understanding what goes into that process. In this first part, we will discuss how you conceptually begin the process. References: https://www.nature.com/articles/nrd2399 https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/zolgensma https://cancerci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12935-019-0806-1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519062/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128191828000338 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0006291X89926788?via%3Dihub https://www.nature.com/articles/362841a0 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305737220300554