Lead compound

Lead compound
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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