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Computer model predicts side effects

Drug candidates are usually found to be unsafe only late in the drug discovery process. A method for predicting the many biological targets of a given molecule might allow drug safety to be considered much earlier. See Article p.361

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Kolaja, K. Computer model predicts side effects. Nature 486, 326–327 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11198

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