How do drugs work? What molecular changes do they cause in cells and in organisms? Is there a paradigm shift in the way we can predict and appreciate the impact of small molecules on biological systems in the 21st century? These were some of the questions addressed at a meeting in Vienna in August 2007.
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The meeting was sponsored by the European Molecular Biology Organization, ACS Chemical Biology, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim, CeMM, GEN-AU, Nature Chemical Biology, Novartis, Roche, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Waters.
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Eggert, U., Superti-Furga, G. Drugs in action. Nat Chem Biol 4, 7–11 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio0108-7
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