Structure helps yield drug 'hypersensitivity' tests for patients
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 07:20
in Health & Medicine
(Phys.org) —From a patient's point of view, one of the unsettling things about taking a new drug is the possibility of unwelcome side effects or worse, dangerous allergic reactions. As drugs are being developed and then enter clinical trials, these issues play a huge role in the process, increasing costs and sometimes determining whether a drug will get to market at all.