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Re:AlphaFold-Powered Drug Discovery of a Novel CDK20 Inhibitor by feanaro on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @03:53AM (#30069719)
CDK inhibitors play a role in cancer therapy.
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Re:AlphaFold-Powered Drug Discovery of a Novel CDK20 Inhibitor by kvetching on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @07:47AM (#30071171)
You say they play a role in cancer therapy, yet the paper states, "this molecule is the first reported CDK20 inhibitor". How could they have played a role before they existed?
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Re:AlphaFold-Powered Drug Discovery of a Novel CDK20 Inhibitor by tazjin on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:02AM (#30071290)
CDK = cyclin-dependent kinase

CDK20 = a specific CDK

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Re:AlphaFold-Powered Drug Discovery of a Novel CDK20 Inhibitor by vmception on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @04:13AM (#30069851)
Would a greater amount of nonspecific cancer funding have allowed this specific discovery to be found faster since it is limited by a machine and human evaluation of the results?
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Re:AlphaFold-Powered Drug Discovery of a Novel CDK20 Inhibitor by CryptoPunk on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @07:24AM (#30071005)
Wouldn't all discoveries have likely been found faster witb greater funding?
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Re:AlphaFold-Powered Drug Discovery of a Novel CDK20 Inhibitor by vmception on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:31AM (#30073832)
No. Not at all. Too many cooks in the kitchen makes diminishing returns.
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