Drug design is now known as small molecule design.
The small molecule design features have been under development in Foldit for quite a while, held back by technical problems.
The first Small molecule design puzzle was 1432: HIV Protease Inhibitor Small Molecule Design.
A series of Foldit blog posts has described the development process:
- Drug design introduction - 22 Jan 2015
- Drug design Part - 2 Feb 2015
- Drug design Interface Update - 25 Mar 2015
- Drug design puzzles coming! - 23 Jul 2015
- Let's get ready for drug design! - 30 Oct 2015
- Devprev Drug Design Update - 4 Dec 2015
- Drug Design Update: Tool Talk - 26 April 2016
- Drug Design Update: Merk Molecular Force Field - 3 May 2016
- Big Update: Experimental Client (Drug Design) - 18 May 2016
- Introducing Small Molecule Design Puzzles - 19 Sept 2017