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    • Agonizing Hedgehog

    Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

    It is a rare treat when a drug discovery program teaches us something about the biology of the process that it attempts to modulate. The paper by Maria Frank-Kamenetsky and colleagues in this issue of theJournal of Biology[1] presents a compelling example of how the search for therapeutics can provide powerful experimental tools and insights into fundamental biology, blurring the distinction between applied and basic research. By characterizing a small group of chemically similar agonists of theHedgehogsignaling pathway, Frank-Kamenetskyet al. have been able to propose a new model for how theSmoothenedcomponent of the Hedgehog-receptor complex works, and to hint at the existence of natural-ligand agonists of the Hedgehog signaling pathway (see'The bottom line'box for a summary of their work).

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    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025

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    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Publisher National Institutes of Health
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    NIH
    Identifier https://healthdata.gov/api/views/7jhn-i4gt
    Data First Published 2025-07-14
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-29
    Category NIH
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 009:25
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    Homepage URL https://healthdata.gov/d/7jhn-i4gt
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