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The human surfaceome: AI flags potential cell surface drug targets overlooked by major databases

More than 65% of approved medicines work by binding to proteins on the surface of human cells. Yet scientists developing new treatments face a fundamental problem: Major biological databases disagree about which proteins are actually found on cell surfaces.

The human surfaceome: AI flags potential cell surface drug targets overlooked by major databases
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More than 65% of approved medicines work by binding to proteins on the surface of human cells. Yet scientists developing new treatments face a fundamental problem: Major biological databases disagree about which proteins are actually found on cell surfaces.

Originally published at Phys.org

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