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Drugging the undruggable: Cancer's slipperiest targets finally meet their match

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Drugging the undruggable: Cancer's slipperiest targets finally meet their match
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Researchers at the University of British Columbia and BC Cancer have developed a new way to target proteins long considered "undruggable," opening the door to new treatments for prostate cancer and other serious diseases. Known as intrinsically disordered proteins, these molecular shapeshifters are extremely difficult to target with medication due to their flexible and ever-changing structure. They play a central role in a wide range of diseases—including cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, hea

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