title: Personalized drug discovery: HCA approach optimized for rare diseases at Tel Aviv University.
abstract: The Cell screening facility for personalized medicine (CSFPM) at Tel Aviv University in Israel is devoted to screening small molecules libraries for finding new drugs for rare diseases using human cell based models. The main strategy of the facility is based on smartly reducing the size of the compounds collection in similarity clusters and at the same time keeping high diversity of pharmacophores. This strategy allows parallel screening of several patient derived - cells in a personalized screening approach. The tested compounds are repositioned drugs derived from collections of phase III and FDA approved small molecules. In addition, the facility carries screenings using other chemical libraries and toxicological characterizations of nanomaterials.
authors.forename: Leonardo J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Solmesky
authors.affiliation: Cell Screening Facility for Personalized Medicine, Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Personalized Medicine, Department of Cell Research and Immunology, The Sagol School of Neurosciences, The George S. Wise Faculty for Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel. miguelw@tauex.tau.ac.il.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weil
mesh_terms: D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000458:organization & administration; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods*; D058492:Drug Repositioning; D004402:Dysautonomia, Familial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D007557:Israel; D017237:Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D039141:Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000151:congenital; D057285:Precision Medicine / Q000379:methods; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D054852:Small Molecule Libraries / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D028361:Mitochondrial Diseases
chemical_list: D054852:Small Molecule Libraries