Virtual reality might be the last word that comes to might when thinking about medicine and its research. Believe it or not, the future of medicine will see a lot of Virtual Reality integration into the science. Now one may think how the culmination of both result in any perceivable results, but VR is making wakes in medicinal research and how we interact with molecular biology.
To explain in detail, the doctors can now use VR to view and interact with the molecular representation of the chemical. The researchers won’t require to look through a microscope for hours to understand how these molecules behave. They can easily see the blown up images or their 3D representations right before their eyes through the VR headsets.
Think of the advantages that the researchers have while adopting such a method. They can move about and won’t have to strain their eyes concentration on a single point of focus for prolonged periods.
C4X Discovery is a company that turned this vision into reality. They have developed their own VR tool named 4Sight, and it can be used to create 3D images and visuals of chemical compositions and popular drugs.
“Starting to use VR was quite transformative because all of a sudden the molecules become part of my world and I can manipulate them in space just ahead of me, like you would do comparing two oranges and two apples,” says Thorsten Nowak, a medicinal chemist at C4XD. With the VR platform, drug discovery “became as visual as it can really ever be.”
C4X Discovery is a pioneer in developing drugs for treating cancer and other harmful diseases. They have collaborated with a pharmaceutical company called Indivior to speed up the process and bring their creation to market shelves.
The researchers at C4X Discovery are hard at work developing medicines for diseases like Parkinsons and Dementia. One among the greatest challenge with the conventional method was that the researchers had to work with 2D images. This required the researched to be very visually oriented people.
But there is always the barrier that cannot be crossed because we can’t take our imagination beyond a certain point. Therefore, the scientists required the same molecule to be photographically captured under different orientation, needless to say; the process is very time consuming and tiring.
With this new method of interaction with molecules, we are saving a ton of time and money whilst making the step towards a future were biomedicine and technology are interwoven to create faster and better solutions for healthcare.