As of January 27, the global tally of SARS-CoV-2 infections has surpassed 100 million, with fatalities reaching 2 million. Remarkably, approximately 30 million confirmed cases remain untreated with ...

Drug repurposing and discovery represent a transformative approach in modern pharmacology, seeking to identify new therapeutic uses for existing, approved compounds while also uncovering novel drug ...

Imagine giving a familiar medication a whole new purpose—finding fresh treatments without starting from scratch. That’s precisely what a team of researchers at Xidian University in China has been ...

A recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine developed TxGNN, a graph-based foundation model for zero-shot drug repurposing. Only 5% to 7% of rare diseases have approved drugs. Expanding ...

In a group of health-related headlines, one says "Hope for new drug approach. As government-supported research in the US is being decimated by funding cuts, it was refreshing to attend iDR25 (the ...

Finding a new medicine is never easy. But developing treatments for patients with rare diseases — conditions that afflict fewer than 200,000 people in the United States — is particularly challenging.

Cancer continues to be a pressing global health challenge, with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), colorectal cancer (CRC), and breast cancer (BC) ranking among the most prevalent and deadly. As ...

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioPhy, an innovative AI drug development company, today announced a partnership with Every Cure, a nonprofit initiative on a mission to unlock the full potential of ...

Drug repurposing shows promise in the treatment of retinal degenerations, according to a new study. A combination treatment incorporating three existing drugs -- tamsulosin, metoprolol and ...

Cory Simpson, MD, PhD, assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Washington, spoke to the need for more treatment options in genetic skin conditions and the possibility of drug ...