{"id":1192,"date":"2021-12-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/now-scientists-can-efficiently-screen-billions-of-chemical-compounds-to-find-effective-new-drug-therapies\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T20:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:34:45","slug":"v-synthes-computational-chemistry-drug-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/v-synthes-computational-chemistry-drug-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Now scientists can efficiently screen billions of chemical compounds to find effective new drug therapies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n Chemists can build effective drugs using chemical components called synthons, represented by the colorful puzzle pieces, that match the shape of a therapeutic target on a protein, represented by the wooden block. (Illustration: Yekaterina Kadyshevskaya.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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