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Agonizing Hedgehog

Jonathan B Weitzman

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Journal of Biology 2002, 1:7 doi:10.1186/1475-4924-1-7

Published: 6 November 2002

Abstract

An approach using 'chemical genetics' has identified small-molecule agonists of the Hedgehog signaling pathway that may lead the way to drugs for chronic degenerative diseases.