The phrase
"druggable targets" refers to specific molecules or proteins in the body that can be affected or targeted by medications or drugs. These targets play a key role in disease processes, and developing drugs that can interact with them effectively may lead to potential treatments or cures.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«target»
«targeted»
«targeting»
Sentences with «druggable targets»
- The National Eye Institute has awarded Jackson Laboratory Professor Patsy Nishina, Ph.D., and Associate Professor Gregory Carter, Ph.D., a four - year grant totaling $ 2,414,304 to study diseases of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), with the goal of identifying druggable targets for age - related macular degeneration (AMD) and other heritable retinal diseases. (jax.org)
- «Identifying druggable targets that participate during the pre-symptomatic stage of the disease is particularly important,» Nishina says, «to enable development of therapies that can prevent, delay onset or decrease the severity of RPE - associated diseases irrespective of the initial cause of the disease.» (jax.org)
- «Protein identified as potential druggable target for pancreatic cancer.» (sciencedaily.com)
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