Researchers create cellular 'ORACLs' to aid drug discovery
Monday, December 14, 2015 - 11:33
in Health & Medicine
A team of researchers at UC San Francisco has devised a new approach for early stage drug discovery that uses techniques from the world of computer vision in combination with a powerful new tool: a lineage of genetically modified cancer cells in a dish that change their appearance when treated with drugs targeting common disease pathways.