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Computer-Aided Drug Discovery

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Computer-aided drug designating or drug discovery is the methodology based on computational and bioinformatics approaches to discover, develop, and analyze the drugs and similar biologically active molecules. The computer-aided drug discovery is benefited from massive genome and proteome data of pathogens and hosts accessible for analysis and interpretation. It is possible to discover potential proteins and metabolic pathways of pathogenic microorganisms and the parasites and develop novel biomolecules as drugs or therapeutics.

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  • Computer-aided drug discovery is an in silico method of developing drugs or drug-like molecules

  • The technique has important contribution to develop drugs against pathogens and parasites.

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  1. ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Regional Station, Palampur, India

    Birbal Singh & Gorakh Mal

  2. Department of Biotechnology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

    Sanjeev K. Gautam

  3. Department of Animal Biotechnology, ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, Haryana, India

    Manishi Mukesh

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Singh, B., Mal, G., Gautam, S.K., Mukesh, M. (2019). Computer-Aided Drug Discovery. In: Advances in Animal Biotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21309-1_44

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