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This lab that's determined to discover new drugs isn't where you might expect

NPR Topics: NewsΒ·@AriDanielΒ·6 months ago
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Ari Daniel Kelly Chibale founded the Holistic Drug Discovery and Development Centre at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, a facility with everything needed to discover drugs for some of humanity's most intractable ailments. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption Kelly Chibale says that the hunt for new drugs is kind of like a fairy-tale quest. And it takes a lot of time and patience. "It doesn't mean that there aren't surprises or miracles," he says. "They do happen, but you have to kiss many frogs before you meet the prince." The "prince" might just be a new medicine to treat malaria or tuberculosis. This search is what motivated Chibale to found the Holistic Drug Discovery and Development (H3D) Centre at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, where he currently serves as director. The discovery of new medicines often takes place in North America, Europe and Asia. So that's where the agenda tends to be set for which diseases to treat and who benefits.…

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