Gac Med Mex
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The decision to get involved in the study and practice of medicine is not easy. Within the scientific environment, achieving both professional and personal success requires a strict discipline, where effort becomes an essential part of daily life; in addition, having family support becomes crucial in order for not to lose hope when confronting the different adversities that arise during medical training. ⋯ From this study, it is possible to show the great influence that some doctors have in their family environment, which makes the study of medicine attractive as a life project.
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The arrival of the pandemic caused by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) exponentially increased scientific production. ⋯ The volume of information published on COVID-19 and the citations received influenced the impact increase in 2021 JCR.
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Receptors are proteins coded by DNA, some of which have already been crystalized, thus allowing the details of their structure at the atomic level and some aspects of their function to be known. This review focuses on the most diverse and abundant family of receptors, G protein-coupled receptors. ⋯ Molecular modeling or "docking" is also a computational bioinformatics tool that supports research on receptor-ligand binding, which allows the design and development of increasingly specific drugs. These developments have brought along significant changes in fundamental pharmacodynamic concepts.