Lead compound
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| Term | Lead compound |
| Short definition | lead compound (Leed KOM-pownd) In medicine, a chemical compound that shows promise for the treatment of a disease and may lead to the development of a new drug. Thousands of compounds are tested in the lab to find a lead ("lead") compound that can act on specific genes or proteins involved in a disease. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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lead compound - (pronounced) (Leed KOM-pownd) In medicine, a chemical compound that shows promise for the treatment of a disease and may lead to the development of a new drug. Thousands of compounds are tested in the lab to find a lead ("lead") compound that can act on specific genes or proteins involved in a disease. Once a lead compound has been found, the chemical structure is used as a starting point to create a drug that has the most benefit and least harm. Finding a lead compound is the first step in creating a new drug to treat a disease
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