The dream of tailor-made medication is not a new one, but the prospective cost of such treatments has always been a barrier to growth. Simply put, the return on compounds that only treat small populations cannot justify the investment. With life expectancy...
Although drugs are usually targeted to be selective for a single protein, it is recognized that other proteins may also be affected, a phenomenon called polypharmacology. While off-target interactions can cause potentially harmful side-effects, in some cases, an...