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16 December 2019 | By Dr Carol M Trim (Canterbury Christ Church University), Steven A Trim (Venomtech)
Unlike synthetic compound libraries, natural product hits must be identified and characterised, as the molecule is often unknown. Venom peptides are often inherently stable due to cysteine knots whereas other peptides may not be. Steve and Carol Trim discuss the challenges of the hit-to-lead journey with these non-standard hits.