Browsing by Subject "Drug repurposing"
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Drug Repurposing : search for a drug having effective anticancer activity
(BRAC University, 2017-07-26)In search of finding better and safer drugs and due to the high cost and decreasing productivity of novel drug discovery programs, scientists are now becoming more interested in finding new therapeutic indications for the ... -
Drug repurposing in NCDs: benefits and challenges
(Brac University, 2021-04)This review focuses on repurposing of drugs for the treatment of noncommunicable diseases. Drug repurposing is the development of new indications for existing drugs. Noncommunicable diseases are causing large number of ... -
Evolution of Superbugs: a lethal bioterror
(Brac University, 2019-10)Over the past few decades, the increasing rate of antibiotic resistance (ABR) has led to the emergence of superbugs, a group of deadly pathogens with antibiotic resistance in their supreme level. About two million people ... -
Molecular docking of Fluvastatin and Teneligliptin targeting AT1R in hypertension
(Brac University, 2019-05)Hypertension, or high blood pressure is a major risk factor causing cardiovascular diseases such as cerebrovascular stroke and ischemic heart disease. It is now considered as one of the most common disease and over 1.13 ... -
A review on drug repurposing for diabetes epidemic
(Brac University, 2021-09)Repurposing of existing drugs to treat chronic, communicable and non-communicable diseases is becoming progressively important since it uses existing drug molecules or failed compounds by utilizing the available data. It ... -
Use of combination of satins as antagonists of SPARC in stomach cancer: an in silico study
(Brac University, 2019-05)SPARC is a protein found in gastric cell line. It has a dual role of tumor suppression and tumor progression. Over expression of SPARC in gastric cell line can lead to Stomach / Gastric cancer which is one of the leading ...
