DeCure's autonomous Cancer AI scientist is researching a drug-repurposing hypothesis for peritoneum cancer — screening already-approved drugs against its 37-gene Open Targets disease module to publish open-access research. Research is fast; the path to publication is funded in milestone stages.
Disease modulePeritoneum cancer maps to a 37-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 peritoneum cancer 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
platelet derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRA) — PDGFRA 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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helix sheet dimethylaminodrag to rotate · scroll to zoom
RCSB Protein Data Bank · entry 5GRN · 1.77 Å · ligand N-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-N-[[4-[[4-methyl-3-[(4-pyridin-3-ylpyrimidin-2-yl)amino]phenyl]carbamoyl]phenyl]methyl]pyridine-3-carboxamide (748). 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.
Endoscopic Management of Colonic Perforation Owing to Angiogenesis Inhibitors
AbstractAngiogenesis inhibitors have markedly improved, in combination with chemotherapy, the outcome of patients with metastatic solid tumors. Bevacizumab, the brand name of which is Avastin, is the first monoclonal antibody IgG1 used against the vascular endothelial growth factor involved in tumor proliferation. Gastrointestinal perforation is a well-known adverse event of bevacizumab therapy. Its surgical management is still controversial because of the high mortality rate of surgery. Here, we report a 48-year-old man with a history of metastatic renal cancer, who developed colonic perforation secondary to bevacizumab. This patient was treated successfully with endoscopic stenting.
Bevacizumab: a safe and effective treatment in a patient with advanced colorectal cancer and repeated removal of metastases
AbstractBevacizumab has been shown to be effective combined with chemotherapy for first-line treatment of advanced colorectal cancer, but little information is available about its efficacy and safety in patients who may be candidates for surgery at any time during the disease. The case history of a female patient with colorectal cancer, undergoing surgery for liver metastases and bilateral surgery for lung metastases at different time-points during her disease, is reported. Perioperative bevacizumab administration caused no complications either associated with surgery, in the early postoperative period, or in the subsequent months.
Disease module: DeepOracle (Open Targets). Approved indication: ChEMBL drug_indication (max_phase=4). Structures: RDKit from PubChem SMILES. Literature: retrieved by DeepSearch across 234,678,978 indexed works, resolved on OpenAlex.
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