
#3 - Beautiful Mistakes: The Serendipity of Drug Repurposing
What if the next breakthrough treatment for a rare disease was already sitting on the pharmacy shelf?
Drug repurposing, the science of finding new uses for existing medications, is transforming how we discover treatments, blending serendipity with strategy. It began with surprises like Viagra, a heart drug turned blockbuster, but today it's driven by advanced data tools that accelerate discovery and reduce risk.
We explore how knowledge graphs (vast maps of biomedical relationships between drugs, genes, and diseases) are now at the core of this revolution. When paired with artificial…
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