Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Background: Computational drug alias InSilico studies have become popular & dependable research planks. Basic & multi-disciplinary scientific-&-technical jargons are used aplenty. Clinicians of all levels & support resource persons are evincing interest to grasp. InSilico is a vague-bogus-Anglo-Latin term meaning ‘experiments using computer platforms only’ wherein ‘platform’ means ‘software-&-hardware’. Problem: Computer involves all the sciences butted-&-bounded by humanities processed-&-packaged logically gets to be jargon full. Oncology also uses jargons and in InSilico either set of jargons converge. Jargons have remained unexplained and are mostly not understood; some at clinical level remaining incomprehensible completely. Regulators & all stake holders expect clinicians, practitioners, et al., to gradually grasp. Therefore, simple, lucid pedagogic & heuristic method is very necessary. There is no document that deals with InSilico jargons. Absence creates bottleneck between the (i) clinical query-&-the answer (ii) social-&-market needs and the effulgent researcher (iii) superfluous use of jargons sans a sense i.e., style ~ which makes lecture ‘Great’. Objective: Use popular science model language to de-mystify all such jargons; and the ramification of use with ignorance and post grasp. Produce a ‘Teaching Paper’. Results: Lipinski’s Rule of 5 the corner stone of Computational drug discovery has been critically explained sequentially. Related jargons are amplified, elaborated & explained as independent sub-heading with background information. Thereafter, have been correlated with human gut geneTNIK (DNA) which is related to colo-rectal cancer (CRC). InSilico outcomes have been elaborated-correlated-and process of justification explanation has been attempted with. The APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients) of the five most popular chemotherapy’s drugs that are used in CRC (Capecitabine; Irinotecan; 5-FU; Taxen & Carboplatin) have been co-related; tabulated, discussed & explained. TNIK-&-APIs have been tabulated in inter-connected manner with sequence & logic in verse & tabulated. Mathematical interaction between CRC pathology’s gene AND well known (non monoclonal) penta therapeutic APIs have been elucidated. Atoms; ions; energy; dimensions & Bio-physics at nano & pico scales has been attempted in verse; in Tables ‘row-&-column wise’ with multi-disciplinary uncenates which generates a illuminating ‘column-row cross talk’ for easy grasping by clinicians and patients (all stake holders). Conclusion: Scientific terms involve long syntaxes & polysyllables. Jargons reduce them to mono phones, thus are here to stay. Computational Studies - Pathogenic Genes - leading to API Discovery are high end complex multi-disciplinary sciences loaded with cutting edge terms with versatile moors in fundamental and emerging sciences. Thus attempted 1 st conjoined teaching use of verse-&-tables vis-à-vis CRC & APIs with jargon demystified. ‘Science-made-simple’.
Language: English
Subfield: Computational Theory and Mathematics
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7207648646