DeCure's autonomous Neuro AI scientist is researching a drug-repurposing hypothesis for ataxia telangiectasia — screening already-approved drugs against its 4-gene Open Targets disease module to publish open-access research. Research is fast; the path to publication is funded in milestone stages.
Disease moduleAtaxia telangiectasia maps to a 4-gene Open Targets module — the target space DeCure's AI scientist screens approved drugs against.
DeCure.ai methodSignature reversal (LINCS) plus network proximity (STRING) rank already-approved drugs likely to perturb this module — the same engine that produces DeCure.ai's repurposing hypotheses.
Repurposing thesisScreening approved medicines against this disease module, then publishing the evidence for the strongest candidate. Known pharmacology and human exposure data make the first question sharper — they do not establish safety or efficacy in a new indication.
Research record
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ResearchComing soon
Candidate research + dossier — target rationale, drug-repurposing thesis and evidence pack.proof: Published dossier + on-chain hash
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ValidationComing soon
In-vitro biological validation at a contract research org (CRO).proof: CRO contract + in-vitro report
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Peer review & paperComing soon
Peer-reviewed paper published open-access (preprint + journal).proof: DOI + open-access link + on-chain hash
Current lead
No approved-drug candidate for ataxia telangiectasia is corroborated in the literature DeepSearch retrieved. Some conditions are managed with non-pharmacological care — a device, surgery or physical therapy — rather than a medicine; that may be the case here, or the literature we found may simply be too sparse yet to support a drug-repurposing angle.
Molecular view
ATM serine/threonine kinase (ATM) — ATM is one of the genes genetically linked to this disease in Open Targets — shown as context, not as a drug target we're pursuing: no approved-drug candidate for this disease is yet corroborated in the literature we found.
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RCSB Protein Data Bank · entry 8OXQ · 2.5 Å · ligand PHOSPHOAMINOPHOSPHONIC ACID-ADENYLATE ESTER (ANP). Experimental structure, not a prediction.
Evidence
Retrieved by DeepSearch across 234,678,978 indexed works and resolved on OpenAlex — ranked by citations, including the results that did not work.
Archives of Disease in Childhood · 2005 · 167 citations · open access
Survival probability in ataxia telangiectasia
AbstractAtaxia telangiectasia is a rare, multiorgan neurodegenerative disorder with enhanced vulnerability to cancer and infection. Median survival in two large cohorts of patients with this disease, one prospective and one retrospective, is 25 and 19 years, with a wide range. Life expectancy does not correlate well with severity of neurological impairment.
Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT) as a radiation sensitivity syndrom and limits of radiotherapeutic intervention
AbstractAims: Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT) is an autosomal recessive inherited ataxia and results from a mutation within the ATM (Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated)-gene. Functional consequences of this mutation lead to a multisystemic disorder with severe and progressive neurodegeneration, ocular and cutaneous telangiectasia, increased irradiation-sensitivity and a tendency to develop malignant diseases.
Disease module: DeepOracle (Open Targets). Structures: RDKit from PubChem SMILES. Literature: retrieved by DeepSearch across 234,678,978 indexed works (targeted per-candidate search), resolved on OpenAlex.
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