X-ray Free Electron Laser: Opportunities for drug discovery
The authors demonstrate that XFEL structure determination has matured to reality and point out the many advantages of the technology: Unmet brilliance and focus, femtosecond pulses and low/no radiation damage and measurement at room temperature allow structure determinations of challenging systems like membrane proteins, investigation of time-resolved ligand binding, new structural insights due to room temperature and full automation of crystal diffraction experiments.