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January 2018 in “Interdisciplinary sciences: computational life sciences” Accurate protein modeling can help develop new treatments for prostate cancer and other diseases.
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February 2021 in “Journal of pharmaceutical and biological sciences” No cure exists for alopecia areata, and treatments are personalized.
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December 2018 in “Methods in molecular biology” The document concludes that computational methods using networks and various data can improve the process of finding new uses for existing drugs.
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April 2020 in “IntechOpen eBooks” Drug repurposing is a cost-effective way to find new uses for existing drugs, speeding up treatment development.
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October 2023 in “Biomedical science and engineering” Innovative methods are reducing animal testing and improving biomedical research.
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March 2006 in “Drug Discovery Today: Therapeutic Strategies” The conclusion is that we need more effective hair loss treatments than the current ones, and these could include new drugs, gene and stem cell therapy, hormones, and scalp cooling, but they all need thorough safety testing.
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August 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” The DNN-DTIs method accurately predicts drug-target interactions and is useful for drug repositioning.
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