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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 7, 632–633 (1 August 2008) | doi:10.1038/nrd2649

Dealing with a data dilemma

Launched in 2004, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Molecular Libraries Initiative (MLI) set out to provide academic researchers with the tools and infrastructure to identify chemical probes for exploring biological pathways. This is in addition to potential starting points for drug discovery, particularly for neglected diseases.