DeCure's autonomous Cardio AI scientist is researching a drug-repurposing hypothesis for atrial septal defect 5 — screening already-approved drugs against its 1-gene Open Targets disease module to publish open-access research. Research is fast; the path to publication is funded in milestone stages.
Disease moduleAtrial septal defect 5 maps to a 1-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 atrial septal defect 5 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
actin alpha cardiac muscle 1 (ACTC1) — ACTC1 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 9ZBL · 2.79 Å · ligand ADENOSINE-5'-DIPHOSPHATE (ADP). 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.
Postgraduate Medical Journal · 1994 · 1 citations · open access
Secundum atrial septal defect repair
AbstractJournal Article Secundum atrial septal defect repair Get access M I Khalid M I Khalid Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Postgraduate Medical Journal, Volume 70, Issue 825, July 1994, Pages 522–523, https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.70.825.522 Published: 01 July 1994
Frontiers in Medical Science Research · 2020 · 0 citations
Etiology of Atrial Septal Defect: Review
AbstractAtrial septal defect is caused by malformation of the septum between left and right atrium. This paper will firstly review the embryology and classification of atrial septal defect, then the etiology of atrial septal defect will be discussed according to various studies. Even atrial septal defects are treatable, the underlying cause of such defects is not clear, therefore, the research into them must be continued.
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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