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Over the past century, small molecule drugs have represented the dominant modality in drug research, enabling medical breakthroughs that have saved countless lives. A small molecule achieves therapeutic effects by binding to a target protein and blocking or inhibiting the protein’s functions, or changing the protein’s shape in a way that impacts downstream cellular interactions.