How soon is a new influenza drug going to be available?
要等多久才有新的抗流感药可用?
In just several weeks, we will start identifying candidates for laboratory examination from the analysis on World Community Grid. It will then take anywhere from a few months to years to complete the entire process of distributing new drugs. During this time, when good candidates are found, they will proceed to laboratory testing phases. These ultimately lead to clinical trials and hopefully a drug available for use. The entire process can take years depending on the details and any problems encountered. Thus, we do not know how long it will really take nor when and if suitable candidates will be found.
就在未来数周,我们将开始鉴定通过WCG分析得来的候选药物,以供实验室检验。然后还会在世界各地花上数月至数年的时间,才能完成分发新药的整个流程【译注1-1】。期间,当发现好的候选药物时,将进入到实验室测试阶段。最终会进入临床试验阶段,我们就很有希望得到一种可用的新药。整个过程会持续数年,具体时间取决于实施细节,以及所遭遇到的问题。因此,我们无法得知这一过程到底要花多长时间、何时结束,以及是否能找到合适的候选药物。
【译注1-1】可能是指药方分发到各个实验室。
However, we do know that the process ofsearching for drug candidates among the millions of potential compounds can begreatly accelerated using World Community Grid, compared to using conventionallaboratory work or the limited resources typically available to theresearchers. 但可以肯定的是,与传统实验室测试,或者是资源有限的普通研究者相比,使用WCG的确能大大加速在数百万种潜在的化合物中,搜寻候选药物的过程。 |