Enhancing Treatments using Targeted Protein Degradation
Discover a webinar delving into targeted protein degradation (TPD), an approach using cellular machinery to selectively remove proteins, promising more effective treatments with minimized side effects. The classical small molecule drug discovery strategies are inhibiting the biological function of proteins of interest, which either block the active pocket or change the protein conformation. However, the significant disadvantages such as limitations in target candidates, dose issues and quick resistance foundations, are calling for a more preferable therapy with fewer side effects. TPD, a strategy that utilizes the native protein homeostasis (or proteostasis) machinery to deplete proteins of interest (POI), represents a novel and promising therapeutic approach.