Scientists Predict New Uses For Existing Drugs From Their Side Effects

 12.07.2008 11:13   medicalnewstoday.com

Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) discovered a new way to make use of drugs' unwanted side effects. They developed a computational method that compares how similar the side effects of different drugs are and predicts how likely the drugs act on the same target molecule. The study, published in Science this week, hints at new uses of marketed drugs. Similar drugs often share target proteins, modes of action and unpleasant side effects.

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