"Drug Discovery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The process of finding chemicals for potential therapeutic use.
| Descriptor ID |
D055808
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.295 H01.158.703.007.675 H01.181.466.675
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Discovery" by people in Profiles.
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Alzheimer's Disease: Exploring Pathophysiological Hypotheses and the Role of Machine Learning in Drug Discovery. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Jan 24; 26(3).
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A NanoBiT assay to monitor membrane proteins trafficking for drug discovery and drug development. Commun Biol. 2022 03 08; 5(1):212.
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25 years of ER?: a personal journey. J Mol Endocrinol. 2021 10 15; 68(1):R1-R9.
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Novel Targets for Hypertension Drug Discovery. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2021 Mar 30; 23(4):19.
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Two Birds with One Stone: NFAT1-MDM2 Dual Inhibitors for Cancer Therapy. Cells. 2020 05 09; 9(5).
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Highland games: A benchmarking exercise in predicting biophysical and drug properties of monoclonal antibodies from amino acid sequences. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2020 07; 117(7):2100-2115.
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Repurposing amino-bisphosphonates by liposome formulation for a new role in cancer treatment. Semin Cancer Biol. 2021 Jan; 68:175-185.
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Update on ERbeta. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2019 07; 191:105312.
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Discovery of covalent enzyme inhibitors using virtual docking of covalent fragments. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2019 01 01; 29(1):36-39.
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Discovery and Characterization of Dual Inhibitors of MDM2 and NFAT1 for Pancreatic Cancer Therapy. Cancer Res. 2018 10 01; 78(19):5656-5667.