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Pomann GM, Truong T, Boulos M, Boulware LE, Brouwer RN, Curtis LH, Kapphahn K, Khalatbari S, McKeel J, Messinger S, O’Hara R, Pencina MJ, Samsa GP, Spino C, Zidanyue Yang L, Desai M. Needles in a Haystack: Finding Qualitative and Quantitative Collaborators in Academic Medical Centers. ACADEMIC MEDICINE : JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES 2023; 98:889-895. [PMID: 36940408 PMCID: PMC10440235 DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000005212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Translational research is a data-driven process that involves transforming scientific laboratory- and clinic-based discoveries into products and activities with real-world impact to improve individual and population health. Successful execution of translational research requires collaboration between clinical and translational science researchers, who have expertise in a wide variety of domains across the field of medicine, and qualitative and quantitative scientists, who have specialized methodologic expertise across diverse methodologic domains. While many institutions are working to build networks of these specialists, a formalized process is needed to help researchers navigate the network to find the best match and to track the navigation process to evaluate an institution's unmet collaborative needs. In 2018, a novel analytic resource navigation process was developed at Duke University to connect potential collaborators, leverage resources, and foster a community of researchers and scientists. This analytic resource navigation process can be readily adopted by other academic medical centers. The process relies on navigators with broad qualitative and quantitative methodologic knowledge, strong communication and leadership skills, and extensive collaborative experience. The essential elements of the analytic resource navigation process are as follows: (1) strong institutional knowledge of methodologic expertise and access to analytic resources, (2) deep understanding of research needs and methodologic expertise, (3) education of researchers on the role of qualitative and quantitative scientists in the research project, and (4) ongoing evaluation of the analytic resource navigation process to inform improvements. Navigators help researchers determine the type of expertise needed, search the institution to find potential collaborators with that expertise, and document the process to evaluate unmet needs. Although the navigation process can create a basis for an effective solution, some challenges remain, such as having resources to train navigators, comprehensively identifying all potential collaborators, and keeping updated information about resources as methodologists join and leave the institution.
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- Gina-Maria Pomann
- Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Methods Core, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Methods Core, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- BERD Core, Quantitative Sciences Unit, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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- Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- BERD Core, Quantitative Sciences Unit, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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- Biostatistics Program, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- BERD Program, Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- Biostatistics Program, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Methods Core, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- BERD Core, Quantitative Sciences Unit, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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Raut HK, Das R, Liu Z, Liu X, Ramakrishna S. Biocompatibility of Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration or Replacement. Biotechnol J 2020; 15:e2000160. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.202000160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Hemant Kumar Raut
- Division of Engineering Product Development Singapore University of Technology and Design 8 Somapah Rd Singapore 487372 Republic of Singapore
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- Division of Engineering Product Development Singapore University of Technology and Design 8 Somapah Rd Singapore 487372 Republic of Singapore
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- Department of Mechanical Materials, and Manufacturing Engineering The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China 199 Taikang East Road Ningbo 315100 China
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- Department of Mechanical Materials, and Manufacturing Engineering The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China 199 Taikang East Road Ningbo 315100 China
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- Centre for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology Department of Mechanical Engineering National University of Singapore Singapore 117574 Singapore
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Ren Y, Fagette PH, Hall CL, Broers H, Grainger DW, Van Der Mei HC, Busscher HJ. Clinical translation of the assets of biomedical engineering – a retrospective analysis with looks to the future. Expert Rev Med Devices 2019; 16:913-922. [DOI: 10.1080/17434440.2019.1685869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Yijin Ren
- Department of Orthodontics, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, W. J. Kolff Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthodontics, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, W. J. Kolff Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, W. J. Kolff Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, USA
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- Willem Kolff Foundation (Kampen, NL), Zwolle, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Biomedical Engineering, and of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, W. J. Kolff Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, W. J. Kolff Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Mahoney A, Li A, Curiel H, Plattner C, Poling A. Self‐ and cross‐citations in theJournal of Applied Behavior Analysisand theJournal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior: 2004‐2018. J Appl Behav Anal 2019; 52:1130-1139. [DOI: 10.1002/jaba.585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Greenberg-Worisek AJ, Campbell KA, Klee EW, Staff NP, Schimmenti LA, Weavers KM, Ekker SC, Windebank AJ. Case-Based Learning in Translational Biomedical Research Education: Providing Realistic and Adaptive Skills for Early-Career Scientists. ACADEMIC MEDICINE : JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES 2019; 94:213-216. [PMID: 30256254 PMCID: PMC6351155 DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000002470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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PROBLEM Case-based learning is an established means of educating students in law, business, and medicine; however, this methodology is not often applied to educating translational biomedical researchers. The application of case-based learning to translational biomedical research education allows scholars to actively engage with real-world material and apply their newfound knowledge as it is acquired. APPROACH Through the Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS), three courses were delivered in 2009-2017 which emphasized case-based learning in clinical and translational science, entrepreneurship, and individualized medicine. Quantitative measures collected in student course reviews upon course completion were analyzed. Additionally, products arising from each course were identified, including publications and startups pitched. OUTCOMES Analyses demonstrate that case-based learning techniques are well suited to graduate biomedical research education. Furthermore, case studies can be employed throughout the entire clinical and translational spectrum, from basic and preclinical work through to clinical and population-based learning. NEXT STEPS Within CCaTS, next steps include creating case-based courses in regulatory and team science to continue to allow scholars to learn and apply these critical skills to real-world material. The goal is to continue to provide immersive training opportunities in areas of clinical and translational science that cannot be readily learned in a traditional lecture-based class setting.
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- Alexandra J Greenberg-Worisek
- A.J. Greenberg-Worisek is assistant professor of epidemiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. K.A. Campbell is assistant professor of molecular pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. E.W. Klee is assistant professor of biomedical informatics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. N.P. Staff is associate professor of neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. L.A. Schimmenti is professor of pediatrics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. K.M. Weavers is manager of research operations, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. S.C. Ekker is professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. A.J. Windebank is professor of neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Arshad Z, Smith J, Roberts M, Lee WH, Davies B, Bure K, Hollander GA, Dopson S, Bountra C, Brindley D. Open Access Could Transform Drug Discovery: A Case Study of JQ1. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2016; 11:321-32. [PMID: 26791045 DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2016.1144587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The cost to develop a new drug from target discovery to market is a staggering $1.8 billion, largely due to the very high attrition rate of drug candidates and the lengthy transition times during development. Open access is an emerging model of open innovation that places no restriction on the use of information and has the potential to accelerate the development of new drugs. AREAS COVERED To date, no quantitative assessment has yet taken place to determine the effects and viability of open access on the process of drug translation. This need is addressed within this study. The literature and intellectual property landscapes of the drug candidate JQ1, which was made available on an open access basis when discovered, and conventionally developed equivalents that were not are compared using the Web of Science and Thomson Innovation software, respectively. EXPERT OPINION Results demonstrate that openly sharing the JQ1 molecule led to a greater uptake by a wider and more multi-disciplinary research community. A comparative analysis of the patent landscapes for each candidate also found that the broader scientific diaspora of the publically released JQ1 data enhanced innovation, evidenced by a greater number of downstream patents filed in relation to JQ1. The authors' findings counter the notion that open access drug discovery would leak commercial intellectual property. On the contrary, JQ1 serves as a test case to evidence that open access drug discovery can be an economic model that potentially improves efficiency and cost of drug discovery and its subsequent commercialization.
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- Zeeshaan Arshad
- a Structural Genomics Consortium, Nuffield Department of Medicine , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.,b School of Medicine , University of St. Andrews , St. Andrews , UK
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- c Nuffield Department of Orthopedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.,d The Oxford - UCL Centre for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation (CASMI) , The University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- d The Oxford - UCL Centre for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation (CASMI) , The University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- a Structural Genomics Consortium, Nuffield Department of Medicine , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- c Nuffield Department of Orthopedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.,d The Oxford - UCL Centre for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation (CASMI) , The University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- e Sartorius Stedim , Göttingen , Germany
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- f Department of Biomedicine , University of Basel, and Basel University Children's Hospital , Basel , Switzerland.,g Department of Pediatrics , University of Oxford , Oxford , United Kingdom
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- h Said Business School , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- a Structural Genomics Consortium, Nuffield Department of Medicine , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- c Nuffield Department of Orthopedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.,d The Oxford - UCL Centre for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation (CASMI) , The University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.,h Said Business School , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.,i Centre for Behavioral Medicine, UCL School of Pharmacy , University College London , London , UK.,j Harvard Stem Cell Institute , Cambridge , MA , USA.,k USCF-Stanford Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) , San Fransisco , CA , USA
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Budge EJ, Tsoti SM, Howgate DJ, Sivakumar S, Jalali M. Collective intelligence for translational medicine: Crowdsourcing insights and innovation from an interdisciplinary biomedical research community. Ann Med 2015; 47:570-5. [PMID: 26469375 DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2015.1091945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Translational medicine bridges the gap between discoveries in biomedical science and their safe and effective clinical application. Despite the gross opportunity afforded by modern research for unparalleled advances in this field, the process of translation remains protracted. Efforts to expedite science translation have included the facilitation of interdisciplinary collaboration within both academic and clinical environments in order to generate integrated working platforms fuelling the sharing of knowledge, expertise, and tools to align biomedical research with clinical need. However, barriers to scientific translation remain, and further progress is urgently required. Collective intelligence and crowdsourcing applications offer the potential for global online networks, allowing connection and collaboration between a wide variety of fields. This would drive the alignment of biomedical science with biotechnology, clinical need, and patient experience, in order to deliver evidence-based innovation which can revolutionize medical care worldwide. Here we discuss the critical steps towards implementing collective intelligence in translational medicine using the experience of those in other fields of science and public health.
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- d Department of Oncology , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
- e Oxford Cancer and Haematology Centre , Churchill Hospital , Oxford , UK
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- f Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK
- g Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery , Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre , Oxford , UK
- h Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Medical Sciences Division , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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Stace ET, Dakin SG, Mouthuy PA, Carr AJ. Translating Regenerative Biomaterials Into Clinical Practice. J Cell Physiol 2015; 231:36-49. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Edward T. Stace
- National Institute of Health Research Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit; Oxford United Kingdom
- Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences; University of Oxford; Oxford United Kingdom
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- National Institute of Health Research Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit; Oxford United Kingdom
- Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences; University of Oxford; Oxford United Kingdom
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- National Institute of Health Research Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit; Oxford United Kingdom
- Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences; University of Oxford; Oxford United Kingdom
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- National Institute of Health Research Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit; Oxford United Kingdom
- Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences; University of Oxford; Oxford United Kingdom
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Schubert W. Advances in toponomics drug discovery: Imaging cycler microscopy correctly predicts a therapy method of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Cytometry A 2015; 87:696-703. [PMID: 25869332 PMCID: PMC4676937 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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An imaging cycler microscope (ICM) is a fully automated (epi)fluorescence microscope which overcomes the spectral resolution limit resulting in parameter- and dimension-unlimited fluorescence imaging. This enables the spatial resolution of large molecular systems with their emergent topological properties (toponome) in morphologically intact cells and tissues displaying thousands of multi protein assemblies at a time. The resulting combinatorial geometry of these systems has been shown to be key for in-vivo/in-situ detection of lead proteins controlling protein network topology and (dys)function: If lead proteins are blocked or downregulated the corresponding disease protein network disassembles. Here, correct therapeutic predictions are exemplified for ALS. ICM drug target studies have discovered an 18-dimensional cell surface molecular system in ALS-PBMC with a lead drug target protein, whose therapeutic downregulation is now reported to show statistically significant effect with stop of disease progression in one third of the ALS patients. Together, this clinical and the earlier experimental validations of the ICM approach indicate that ICM readily discovers in vivo robustness nodes of disease with lead proteins controlling them. Breaking in vivo robustness nodes using drugs against their lead proteins is likely to overcome current high drug attrition rates. © 2015 The Author. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc, on behalf of ISAC.
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- Walter Schubert
- Department of Medicine, Molecular Pattern Recognition Research Group, Otto Von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Lupus Biomarker Discovery, Validation, Approval, and Impact on Clinical Trials. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN RHEUMATOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s40674-014-0007-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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