%0 Journal Article %T Welcome to Medical Sciences: A New Open Access Platform for Research on Basic Medicines %A Yun Yen %J Medical Sciences %D 2013 %R 10.3390/medsci1010001 %X The scientific world is filled with both challenges and opportunities across disciplines. Around the world, all look for opportunities to improve the economy by investing in biomedical research, as well as in biotechnology. Within biotechnology, drug discovery and therapeutics remain the mainstays of biomedical research. %U http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3271/1/1/1