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This issue features a very interesting article about the design of new drug compounds. Bioinformatics in Structure-Based Drug Design (SBDD) by Richard Casey explains why SBDD is one of the most powerful methods in drug design and how it has been used to design drugs for a well known cancer-related protein complex.
Tana Sabatino continues her series in this issue. In Insurance Data Standards: Designing XML Messages (continued), Tana explains how to transition from the data model to a message and includes supporting examples.
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Bioinformatics in Structure-Based Drug Design (SBDD)
by Richard Casey
Bioinformatic tools aid in the design of novel drug compounds.
Insurance Data Standards: Designing XML Messages (continued)
by Tana Sabatino
This is the third article in a series that explores the use of XML to develop data standards in the insurance arena. This series addresses how to design XML messages and various approaches for maximizing implementation of those standards.
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