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Synergistic drug combinations tend to improve therapeutically relevant selectivity

Synergistic drug combinations tend to improve therapeutically relevant selectivity

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Synergistic drug combinations tend to improve therapeutically relevant selectivity

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Synergistic drug combinations tend to improve therapeutically relevant selectivity

Publisher

New York: Nature Publishing Group US

Journal title

Nature biotechnology, 2009-07, Vol.27 (7), p.659-666

Language

English

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New York: Nature Publishing Group US

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Contents

Although combinations of drugs are often more potent than single agents, they are also believed to induce worse side effects. By screening >94,000 drug pairs
in vitro
, Lehár
et al
. show that synergistic combinations tend to be more selective than single drugs and are therefore unlikely to cause synergistic side effects.
Drug combin...

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Synergistic drug combinations tend to improve therapeutically relevant selectivity

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_20199165

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_20199165

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ISSN

1087-0156

E-ISSN

1546-1696

DOI

10.1038/nbt.1549

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