>What if a scientist could display the molecular structure of a virus and then build a molecule of medicine that attaches to the receptors on the virus?
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>After building the medical molecule the application could then tell the scientist the name of the compound molecule that he built?
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>Even better would be having the app provide details on how to make the medicine in large quantities?
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>Something along the lines of this app but works will dna might be an idea too.
Isn't this systems biology? Interesting programme on it yesterday:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld.shtml (should be a link off of there to listen if you are interested...)