New open source drug discovery project aims to develop mycetoma treatment

(Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative) The MycetOS (Mycetoma Open Source) project was launched today by the University of Sydney, Erasmus MC, and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) to use an Open Pharma approach to discover compounds that could lead to new treatments for patients suffering from fungal mycetoma (eumycetoma), a devastating disease for which current treatments are ineffective, expensive, and toxic.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news