Molecular imaging strategies for drug discovery and development

Recent advances in non-invasive molecular imaging provide exciting opportunities for discovery, validation and development of novel therapeutics. As the arsenal of detection devices and strategies, injectable probes, genetically encoded reporters and animal models rapidly expands, molecular imaging...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current opinion in chemical biology 2006-08, Vol.10 (4), p.334-342
Hauptverfasser: Gross, Shimon, Piwnica-Worms, David
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Recent advances in non-invasive molecular imaging provide exciting opportunities for discovery, validation and development of novel therapeutics. As the arsenal of detection devices and strategies, injectable probes, genetically encoded reporters and animal models rapidly expands, molecular imaging is becoming indispensable for drug discovery and development. Not only do such strategies reduce the time, cost and workload associated with conventional destructive end-point assays, but they also enable spatial and temporal monitoring of in vivo gene expression, signaling pathways, biochemical reactions and targets as they relate to the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of novel drugs.
ISSN:1367-5931
1879-0402
DOI:10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.06.028