Exploring Novel Drug Repositioning Strategies for Rare Diseases
- Objective
- Identifying potential drug candidates for rare diseases through advanced data analysis.
- Approach
- using machine learning to the analysis of various biological data (genes, proteins, metabolites) to identify medications that can target the underlying causes of rare diseases.
- Duration
- November 2023 - Present
- Significance
- seeking to repurpose current medications for use in treating uncommon diseases—a field that pharmaceutical corporations usually avoid due to its low profit margin.
- New to this field
- Review of Drug Repositioning Approaches and Resources
