2.2 Target Identification and Target Validation
2.2 Target Identification and Target Validation contains 2 topic pages in Phase 2 — Target Identification & Compound Profiling.
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2.2.1 Target Identification
Target identification is the process of discovering the biological macromolecule — a protein, enzyme, receptor, ion channel, or nucleic acid — whose...
2.2.2 Target Validation
Target validation is the process of establishing that modulating a candidate target actually alters the disease phenotype in a therapeutically favourable...