Drug Repurposing: Hypothesis, Molecular Aspects and Therapeutic Applications

Drug Repurposing: Hypothesis, Molecular Aspects and Therapeutic Applications
ISBN-10
1839685204
ISBN-13
9781839685200
Category
Medical
Pages
234
Language
English
Published
2020-12-02
Publisher
BoD – Books on Demand
Author
Farid A. Badria

Description

Drug repurposing or drug repositioning is a new approach to presenting new indications for common commercial and clinically approved existing drugs. For example, chloroquine, an old antimalarial drug, showed promising results for treating COVID-19, interfering with MDR in several types of cancer, and chemosensitizing human leukemic cells.This book focuses on the hypothesis, risk/benefits, and economic impacts of drug repurposing on drug discovery in dermatology, infectious diseases, neurological disorders, cancer, and orphan diseases. It brings together up-to-date research to provide readers with an informative, illustrative, and easy-to-read book useful for students, clinicians, and the pharmaceutical industry.

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