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This is a temple to modern science -
這是現代科學的一座神殿
the pharmaceutical labs at GSK.
葛蘭素史克公司的制藥實驗室
But modern drug discovery relies
但現代藥品的發現
more on an automated lottery than careful design.
更依賴于運氣而不是精心的設計
This store of chemical compounds
這個化合物倉庫
is the company's crown jewels.
就是公司的核心所在
This is where their new drugs come from.
這就是新藥物的來源地
In here is a library of
這里是超過兩百萬的
over two million nameless chemical compounds.
未命名化合物的倉庫
The scientists know very little about them.
科學家們對它們了解甚少
They could be highly toxic,
它們可能有劇毒
or they could be harbouring a life-saving drug.
也可能是治病救人的良藥
It really is trying to find a needle in a haystack.
這實際上是海底撈針
It is about getting the samples out,
我們需要取出樣品
processing them, screening them
進行加工 篩選
and hoping we find that that chemical compound
希望能發現一種化合物
that is active against those disease areas.
能夠對某種疾病有效
