Pharos (NIH druggable targets)

About this source

The portal of the Illuminating the Druggable Genome programme. Classifies every human protein as Tclin, Tchem, Tbio or Tdark, and links it to diseases, approved drugs and active ligands, pathways and publication counts. Search by target or by disease.

Questions you can ask Pharos

Type them into Kahubi’s chat once the source is connected.

What the assistant can do with it

The 3 tools this server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.

• pharos_search_targets

  Search targets by name, gene symbol, UniProt id or keyword.

• pharos_get_target

  One target by gene symbol or UniProt id: description, TDL, family, associated diseases with source counts, approved/active ligands, pathways, GO terms, publication count.

• pharos_search_diseases

  Search diseases.

Good to know

• Hosted by Kahubi. Kahubi runs this server itself so it stays reliable enough for research use.
• Cited, checkable answers. Results are treated as retrieved material and cited with the source’s own identifiers, so you can open every record the answer relied on.
• Your files stay private. Only the search the assistant writes for your question is sent to Pharos.

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