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mcbain
808 days ago
They are
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PD-1_and_PD-L1_inhibitors
The hint is the -mab naming.
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pfdietz
808 days ago
-ab means it's an antibody. There are many kinds of antibodies, not just to those two proteins.
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semi-extrinsic
808 days ago
And -mab means monoclonal antibody. But your point still stands, there is a huge number of -mab drugs out there today.
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pfdietz
807 days ago
It's a really great technology, and not just for drugs. It deservedly won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1984.
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