
Medicine
Repurposing Existing Drugs Could Let Us Treat Intractable Illnesses
Repurposing medications could let us treat intractable illnesses
Joseph Gogos is a neuroscientist at Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute. Credit: Nick Higgins
Repurposing medications could let us treat intractable illnesses
Even drugs whose development was stalled or canceled might show promise for illnesses they were never meant to treat
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