A New Phenotypic Lexicon for Accelerated Translation Rise of the Machines.

The author reflects on the need for a new phenotypic lexicon to accelerate translation from mechanistic discoveries to new drug entities. He cites the challenge of finding new drugs and argues that the conventional drug discovery and development sequence remains the basis of most industrial programs. The author also discusses complementary approaches to drug discovery and a study on the benefits of drug discovery and translational science.