The Off-Rate Nobody Measured

Dr. GPCR Podcast by Dr. Yamina Berchiche

Jul 22, 202602:13:57Science & Medicine

Same binding affinity. Same target. One compound worked in vivo. The other did nothing. The answer was how long each molecule stayed on the CRF receptor — seven hours versus fifteen minutes — and no one had thought to me...

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