druggability
nounEtymology From drug + -ability.
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Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences The ability of a portion of a genome to be targeted by a drug, especially by a small molecule drug
- A target's druggability is usually estimated by classifying it with known gene families that have previously been successfully targeted with drugs.2007 March 23, Joanna Owens, “Determining druggability”, in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, volume 6, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 187–187:
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