We know what you’re thinking… How can you smell a disease? Well, there’s no way we humans can, but dogs’ noses bear 300 million scent receptors, compared with our mere 5 or 6 million. That enables them to detect tiny concentrations of odour that people can’t [1]. Sniffer dogs are already a familiar sight in …
Repurposing or repositioning drugs is the process of using a drug that is already in use for a disease it was not initially indicated for1. There are both benefits and challenges to repurposing drugs, but in general this strategy has proved useful and has led to life-saving treatments. It has been estimated that almost 30% …
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