Can you teach old drugs new tricks?

Nicola Nosengo
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Nature, 2016, vol. 534, issue 7607, 314-316

Abstract: Faced with skyrocketing costs for developing new drugs, researchers are looking at ways to repurpose older ones — and even some that failed in initial trials.

Date: 2016
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