The most promising compounds might then be tried with humans.
It can be considered as a promising natural compound for future application in chronic liver disease.
For pharmaceutical companies, that speeds the development of new drugs with several promising compounds already undergoing human clinical trials.
This will help find the most promising compounds that may lead to effective treatments for the disease.
Monoclonal antibodies are probably the most specific and promising therapeutic compounds.
That could be good news for capital-hungry biotechnology companies with promising compounds under development.
Turning a promising compound into a wonder drug takes luck and skill.
Focusing on one pocket in the enzyme, they eventually found two promising compounds that filled it.
But new techniques now allow pharmaceutical and biotechnology researchers to pinpoint many more promising compounds in much less time.
A number of promising compounds are currently in development for the treatment of head lice.