Drug Repurposing for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Cancer
Drug Repurposing for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Cancer

Author: Ranbir Chander Sobti

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-02-07

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13: 9811953996

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​This book presents drug repurposing strategies to combat infectious diseases and cancer. It discusses key experimental and in silico approaches for modern drug repositioning, including signature matching, molecular docking, genome-wide associated studies, and network-based approaches aided by artificial intelligence. Further, the book presents various computational and experimental strategies for better understanding disease mechanisms and identify repurposed drug candidates for personalized pharmacotherapy. It also explores the databases for drug repositioning, summarizes the approaches taken for drug repositioning, and highlights and compares their characteristics and challenges. Towards the end, the book discusses challenges and limitations encountered in computational drug repositioning.

Drug Repurposing in Cancer Therapy
Drug Repurposing in Cancer Therapy

Author: Kenneth K.W. To

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2020-07-29

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 0128199032

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Drug Repurposing in Cancer Therapy: Approaches and Applications provides comprehensive and updated information from experts in basic science research and clinical practice on how existing drugs can be repurposed for cancer treatment. The book summarizes successful stories that may assist researchers in the field to better design their studies for new repurposing projects. Sections discuss specific topics such as in silico prediction and high throughput screening of repurposed drugs, drug repurposing for overcoming chemoresistance and eradicating cancer stem cells, and clinical investigation on combination of repurposed drug and anticancer therapy. Cancer researchers, oncologists, pharmacologists and several members of biomedical field who are interested in learning more about the use of existing drugs for different purposes in cancer therapy will find this to be a valuable resource. - Presents a systematic and up-to-date collection of the research underpinning the various drug repurposing approaches for a quick, but in-depth understanding on current trends in drug repurposing research - Brings better understanding of the drug repurposing process in a holistic way, combining both basic and clinical sciences - Encompasses a collection of successful stories of drug repurposing for cancer therapy in different cancer types

Drug Repurposing
Drug Repurposing

Author: Farid A. Badria

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-12-02

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1839685204

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Drug repurposing or drug repositioning is a new approach to presenting new indications for common commercial and clinically approved existing drugs. For example, chloroquine, an old antimalarial drug, showed promising results for treating COVID-19, interfering with MDR in several types of cancer, and chemosensitizing human leukemic cells.This book focuses on the hypothesis, risk/benefits, and economic impacts of drug repurposing on drug discovery in dermatology, infectious diseases, neurological disorders, cancer, and orphan diseases. It brings together up-to-date research to provide readers with an informative, illustrative, and easy-to-read book useful for students, clinicians, and the pharmaceutical industry.

Drug Repositioning: Current Advances and Future Perspectives
Drug Repositioning: Current Advances and Future Perspectives

Author: Yuhei Nishimura

Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

Published: 2019-01-11

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 288945696X

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Drug repositioning is the process of identifying new indications for existing drugs. At present, the conventional de novo drug discovery process requires an average of about 14 years and US$2.5 billion to approve and launch a drug. Drug repositioning can reduce the time and cost of this process because it takes advantage of drugs already in clinical use for other indications or drugs that have cleared phase I safety trials but have failed to show efficacy in the intended diseases. Historically, drug repositioning has been realized through serendipitous clinical observations or improved understanding of disease mechanisms. However, recent technological advances have enabled a more systematic approach to drug repositioning. This eBook collects 16 articles from 112 authors, providing readers with current advances and future perspectives of drug repositioning.

Emerging Viral Diseases
Emerging Viral Diseases

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2015-03-19

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0309314003

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In the past half century, deadly disease outbreaks caused by novel viruses of animal origin - Nipah virus in Malaysia, Hendra virus in Australia, Hantavirus in the United States, Ebola virus in Africa, along with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), several influenza subtypes, and the SARS (sudden acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) coronaviruses - have underscored the urgency of understanding factors influencing viral disease emergence and spread. Emerging Viral Diseases is the summary of a public workshop hosted in March 2014 to examine factors driving the appearance, establishment, and spread of emerging, re-emerging and novel viral diseases; the global health and economic impacts of recently emerging and novel viral diseases in humans; and the scientific and policy approaches to improving domestic and international capacity to detect and respond to global outbreaks of infectious disease. This report is a record of the presentations and discussion of the event.

Polyamine Drug Discovery
Polyamine Drug Discovery

Author: Patrick Woster

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Published: 2011-11-07

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1849733090

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Polyamines are ubiquitous molecules that are involved in a number of important cellular processes. Aberrations in their function or metabolism play a role in diseases such as cancer and parasitic infection. A number of validated drug targets have been identified, including enzymes in the polyamine biosynthetic and catabolic pathways and the S-adenosylmethionine synthetic and salvage pathways. Polyamine Drug Discovery is the first comprehensive volume to cover all aspects of the design and development of potential therapeutics targeting polyamine metabolism. The book details research progress from 1975 to the present date and discusses the design and use of polyamine metabolism inhibitors as therapeutic agents. Various polyamine-containing drugs are described that can be used in chemotherapy, and as treatments for infections including trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis and malaria. Finally, the roles of polyamine analogues in chemoprevention, polyamine-containing vectors for gene delivery, and the design of polyamine-based epigenetic modulators are detailed. Each chapter addresses a different aspect of polyamine drug discovery and all are written by medicinal and biological chemists with particular expertise in developing agents that modulate polyamine metabolism or function. The book will increase the visibility of polyamine drug discovery among pharmaceutical researchers and provide a valuable reference for everyone working in the field.

Clinical Application of Repurposed Drugs
Clinical Application of Repurposed Drugs

Author:

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2024-06-29

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0443241155

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Clinical Application of Repurposed Drugs, Volume 207 in the Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Drug repurposing for viral disease, Drug repurposing for bacterial infections, Drug repurposing for parasitic protozoan diseases, Drug repurposing for fungal infections, Drug repurposing for treating anxiety and depression, Drug repurposing for personalized medicine, Drug repurposing for cancer, Drug Repurposing: A multi targeted approach to treat cardiac disease from existing classical drugs to modern drug discovery, and much more. Additional chapters cover Drug repurposing in MASLD and MASH-cirrhosis: targets and treatment approaches based on pathways analysis, Drug repurposing for respiratory infections, Drug repurposing for rare disease, Drug repurposing for neurological disorders, Drug repurposing for metabolic disorders: scientific, technological and economic issues, Drug repurposing for regenerative medicine and cosmetics: scientific, technological and economic issues, and Exploring Cutting-Edge Omics-Driven Strategies for Drug Repurposing – An Insight into the Tools of the Trade. - Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors - Presents the latest release in the Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series - Includes the latest information on Clinical Applications of Repurposed Drugs

Drug Development and Safety
Drug Development and Safety

Author:

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-07-10

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 0850142318

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This book provides a detailed overview covering all aspects of drug development, from synthesis and manufacturing to delivery strategies, and ensuring a thorough understanding of the field. This book will show how new drugs are made. The chapters also give inside information on regulatory authorities so that drugs meet the necessary standards for quality. Drug Development and Safety effortlessly switches over to drug delivery technologies by exploring ground-breaking methods that are changing medicine forever. Controlled-release drug delivery systems represent some of the current breakthroughs while using nanoparticles for treating cancer stands among other recent therapeutic innovations. Each chapter has been authored by a leading scientist or expert in that particular field, and various viewpoints will be presented to provide a fuller understanding of the subjects concerning the safety of drugs. The book will be for chemists, pharmacists, and biologists, and it will be their only guide while navigating the challenging pharmaceutical science terrain.

In Silico Drug Design
In Silico Drug Design

Author: Kunal Roy

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2019-02-12

Total Pages: 888

ISBN-13: 0128163771

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In Silico Drug Design: Repurposing Techniques and Methodologies explores the application of computational tools that can be utilized for this approach. The book covers theoretical background and methodologies of chem-bioinformatic techniques and network modeling and discusses the various applied strategies to systematically retrieve, integrate and analyze datasets from diverse sources. Other topics include in silico drug design methods, computational workflows for drug repurposing, and network-based in silico screening for drug efficacy. With contributions from experts in the field and the inclusion of practical case studies, this book gives scientists, researchers and R&D professionals in the pharmaceutical industry valuable insights into drug design. Discusses the theoretical background and methodologies of useful techniques of cheminformatics and bioinformatics that can be applied for drug repurposing Offers case studies relating to the in silico modeling of FDA-approved drugs for the discovery of antifungal, anticancer, antiplatelet agents, and for drug therapies against diseases Covers tools and databases that can be utilized to facilitate in silico methods for drug repurposing

Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials

Author: Tom Brody

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2016-02-19

Total Pages: 897

ISBN-13: 0128042583

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Clinical Trials, Second Edition, offers those engaged in clinical trial design a valuable and practical guide. This book takes an integrated approach to incorporate biomedical science, laboratory data of human study, endpoint specification, legal and regulatory aspects and much more with the fundamentals of clinical trial design. It provides an overview of the design options along with the specific details of trial design and offers guidance on how to make appropriate choices. Full of numerous examples and now containing actual decisions from FDA reviewers to better inform trial design, the 2nd edition of Clinical Trials is a must-have resource for early and mid-career researchers and clinicians who design and conduct clinical trials. - Contains new and fully revised material on key topics such as biostatistics, biomarkers, orphan drugs, biosimilars, drug regulations in Europe, drug safety, regulatory approval and more - Extensively covers the "study schema" and related features of study design - Incorporates laboratory data from studies on human patients to provide a concrete tool for understanding the concepts in the design and conduct of clinical trials - Includes decisions made by FDA reviewers when granting approval of a drug as real world learning examples for readers