Part 1 of Cyclica's AI Ate My Homework series. Our Applied Scientists, Dr. Shelley Deeke and Dr/ Benjamin DiFrancesco cover foundational concepts in molecular biology and chemistry.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - Ben DiFrancesco Introduction
3:40 - Shelley Deeke Introduction
5:40 - The human body
6:45 - What are proteins?
7:39 - Example of proteins
8:54 - What do proteins look like?
10:36 - Enzymes and Proteins
13:25 - How can drugs help restore balance?
15:10 - Biology & development of new drugs
15:56 - How do drugs work?
17:24 - The Chemistry of drugs
19:53 - How do atoms interact with each other?
20:54 - Non-covalent interactions
23:18 - Intermolecular forces in biology
26:14 - Intermolecular forces in drug discovery
28:19 - Chemistry in three dimensions
30:00 - Molecular Shape
31:35 - Interactions in three dimensions
32:34 - How does Lipitor work?
33:19 - Summary
34:50 - Questions and Answer session