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ArticleNature2018

Nanoscale synthesis and affinity ranking.

Nathan J Gesmundo, Bérengère Sauvagnat, Patrick J Curran, Matthew P Richards, Christine L Andrews, Peter J Dandliker, Tim Cernak

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Article in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

94 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Nathan J GesmundoDepartment of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.
Bérengère SauvagnatDepartment of Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.
Patrick J CurranDepartment of Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.
Matthew P RichardsDepartment of Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.
Christine L AndrewsDepartment of Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.
Peter J DandlikerDepartment of Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.
Tim CernakDepartment of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA. tcernak@umich.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most drugs are developed through iterative rounds of chemical synthesis and biochemical testing to optimize the affinity of a particular compound for a protein target of therapeutic interest. This process is challenging because candidate molecules must be selected from a chemical space of more than 10

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