- present tense form of compound (3rd person singular).
compounds
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Their long-term goal is to replace the direct delivery of toxic drugs with relatively harmless compounds that become active only after entering cancer cells.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Vertex has used roughly 50 AI companies to comb through its data set of 10,000 drug compounds, Leiden said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
In the first set of experiments, both compounds reduced nitration at the two vulnerable sites on HGF.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Vertex Pharmaceuticals used roughly 50 AI companies to comb through its data set of 10,000 drug compounds, but none generated a working drug.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
He watched her walk to the hedge that separated the two compounds and slip underneath it.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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