Yes, this 100%. Back when I started my PhD program in biophysics, the exact opposite was stated: "if you can determine the 3D structure of the protein that causes a disease, you can target it with a drug.". I wasted decades believing that paradigm because really smart people kept repeating it.
unfortunately there is no clear next step for the disease biology part of the study, as far as I can tell, except to collect enormous amounts of high quality data about diseases, typically one or a few at a time, and hope you get lucky finding something (IE, serendipity is just as important as intelligence).
unfortunately there is no clear next step for the disease biology part of the study, as far as I can tell, except to collect enormous amounts of high quality data about diseases, typically one or a few at a time, and hope you get lucky finding something (IE, serendipity is just as important as intelligence).