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Novel Druggable Target to Treat Bipolar Disease

Novel Druggable Target to Treat Bipolar Disease

  • 6 million adults in US have BP
    • severe mood swings
    • 1 in 5 commits suicide
  • All available BP drugs: toxic, poor efficacy, or both
  • Current trials lack novel compounds, mainly drug combinations
  • OCR5570 target levels affected in bipolar
    • Target structures + hits known
    • Screenable/Structure-based drug design  
    • Animal models available for in vivo validation
  • Critical protein-protein Interactions Identified
  • Amenable to split renilla luminescence assay