Peter Ray's journey from the Zimbabwean War of Liberation to becoming a medicinal chemist was fueled by personal tragedy, specifically the battle against his mother's cancer. After fleeing to South Africa and witnessing her painful treatments, Ray promised to make a difference. He studied drugs, becoming a lead designer at Recursion, driven by the hope to create impactful cancer therapies. Drug discovery is complex and slow, often involving detailing molecular targets and utilizing computer models in research.
The desire to stop your own tragedies from happening to someone else may be a strong motivator. However, the process of drug discovery has always been grindingly, gruelingly slow.
Ray studied to become a medicinal chemist and promised his mother as a child that he would make a difference in cancer treatment.
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