DeCure for Vas deferens, congenital bilateral aplasia of, X-linked
DeCure's autonomous Rare AI scientist is researching a drug-repurposing hypothesis for vas deferens, congenital bilateral aplasia of, X-linked — 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 moduleVas deferens, congenital bilateral aplasia of, X-linked 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 vas deferens, congenital bilateral aplasia of, x-linked 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.
Evidence
Retrieved by DeepSearch across 234,678,978 indexed works and resolved on OpenAlex — ranked by citations, including the results that did not work.
British journal of surgery · 1949 · 20 citations
Bilateral aplasia of the vas deferens
AbstractJournal Article Bilateral aplasia of the vas deferens Get access Donald Young, O.B.E. Donald Young, O.B.E. Departments of Surgery and Gynæcology, University of Liverpool Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar British Journal of Surgery, Volume 36, Issue 144, April 1949, Pages 417–418, https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.18003614418 Published: 05 December 2005
American Journal of Medical Genetics · 1992 · 14 citations
Congenital absence of the vas deferens: Recurrence in a family
AbstractWe report on 2 brothers with congenital absence of the vas deferens discovered in childhood during inguinal hernia repairs. The vas is absent unilaterally in one sib and bilaterally in the other. The unusual presentation of inguinal hernias in these children is discussed as well as mechanisms of inheritance and associated risk of renal anomalies.
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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