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20 March 2019

Protein-slaying drugs could be the next blockbuster therapies

Researchers are hijacking the cell’s protein-disposal system in the fight against Alzheimer’s and intractable cancers.

Megan Scudellari⁰

Megan Scudellari
1. Megan Scudellari writes about biomedical research in Boston, Massachusetts.
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When Craig Crews first managed to make proteins disappear on command with a bizarre new compound, the biochemist says that he considered it a “parlour trick”, a “cute chemical curiosity”.

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Nature 567, 298-300 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00879-3

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