结构性洞察力的人类brachyuryDNA识别和发现癌症治疗的进展性结合剂的结构洞察力

Joseph A Newman1, Angeline E Gavard2,3, Nergis Imprachim2,4

  • 1Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Joseph.newman@cmd.ox.ac.uk.

Nature communications
|February 14, 2025
PubMed
概括

研究人员发现,转录因子brachyury,在chordoma和其他癌症的目标,可以被小分子准. 这项研究表明,brachyury是可用药的,为难以治疗的固体瘤开辟了新的治疗途径.

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