Rapamycin is used to prevent graft rejection in transplant recipients based on its ability to suppress T-cell proliferation. The drug blocks the activity of a protein known as mammalian target of ...
The researchers used the mTOR inhibitor sirolimus, which was first approved in 1999 to prevent organ rejection after kidney transplants. It had already shown promise in preclinical models of ...
Charles Sawyers and colleagues have conducted a small early-stage clinical study to assess target modulation by the small-molecule inhibitor rapamycin. Rapamycin is approved to treat renal cancer ...