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How is DrugRepurposing Online different from other, similar databases?

There have been recent developments in databases of value to drug repurposing like ChemBL and DrugBank. These are vast, free sources of information that repurposing can benefit from. But Drug Repuposing Online is different, and we wanted to tell you how it is a unique, and in our opinion, a more focused resource for repurposing, […]

Body of evidence in favour of calcium channel blockers for Alzheimer disease

While the effort to modify Alzheimer disease pathology by reducing the production of beta amyloid protein has largely been ineffective, there is a range of evidence that a widely used class of antihypertensive drug could provide a surprising benefit. Calcium antagonists are some of the most widely prescribed drugs for controlling blood pressure currently on […]