Druggable

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Describing the ability of a biological molecule (for example, a protein) to be targeted by drugs, especially by small molecule drugs.

    "With only 10% of the human genome representing druggable targets, and only half of those being relevant to disease, it is important to be able to predict how druggable a novel target is in early drug discovery."

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"With only 10% of the human genome representing druggable targets, and only half of those being relevant to disease, it is important to be able to predict how druggable a novel target is in early drug discovery."

Etymology

From drug + -able.

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