Do you believe there could be any potential pitfalls to their approach to drug design?

Objectives
Understand key concepts in pre-clinical research
Directions
For week 3’s discussion, let’s dive a bit deeper into rational drug design. After reviewing this week’s content, you should now be familiar with the key steps in the rational drug design process. Let’s take a look at how that field is moving forward and discuss where it could lead.
To begin, please read “Meet the 29-year-old who founded a company that’s using technology to find treatments for diseases thought to be incurable” (link below). After reading the article, reflect on what you learned. Are you excited about the technology or hesitant about their claims?
Resources
1. Module 1: Week 3 content
2. Rubric for Weekly Discussions
3. “Meet the 29-year-old who founded a company that’s using technology to find treatments for diseases thought to be incurable
(Links to an external site.)
” by Charlotte Hu. Business Insider, July 16, 2018.
What to Include
Complete your discussion by submitting a written post that includes answers to the following questions:
After reading the article, are you excited about the technology or hesitant about their claims? Explain.
Do you believe there could be any potential pitfalls to their approach to drug design?
If you were given the opportunity, would you invest in this company? Why or why not?
Submit a peer response to two fellow students. Please comment on their responses. Do you agree with their answers? Why or why not? Peer responses should be submitted in written format.

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