Phenotypic Drug Discovery for Human African Trypanosomiasis: A Powerful Approach

The work began with the screening of a library of 700,000 small molecules for inhibitors of <i>Trypanosoma brucei </i>growth (a phenotypic screen). The resulting set of 1035 hit compounds was reviewed by a team of medicinal chemists, leading to the nomination of 17 chemically distinct sc...

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Main Authors: Frederick S. Buckner, Andriy Buchynskyy, Pendem Nagendar, Donald A. Patrick, J. Robert Gillespie, Zackary Herbst, Richard R. Tidwell, Michael H. Gelb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/5/1/23