纪录片《药物依赖》 第3期：葛兰素史克（在线收听）

This is a temple to modern science -

这是现代科学的一座神殿

the pharmaceutical labs at GSK.

葛兰素史克公司的制药实验室

But modern drug discovery relies

但现代药品的发现

more on an automated lottery than careful design.

更依赖于运气而不是精心的设计

This store of chemical compounds

这个化合物仓库

is the company's crown jewels.

就是公司的核心所在

This is where their new drugs come from.

这就是新药物的来源地

In here is a library of

这里是超过两百万的

over two million nameless chemical compounds.

未命名化合物的仓库

The scientists know very little about them.

科学家们对它们了解甚少

They could be highly toxic,

它们可能有剧毒

or they could be harbouring a life-saving drug.

也可能是治病救人的良药

It really is trying to find a needle in a haystack.

这实际上是海底捞针

It is about getting the samples out,

我们需要取出样品

processing them, screening them

进行加工 筛选

and hoping we find that that chemical compound

希望能发现一种化合物

that is active against those disease areas.

能够对某种疾病有效