Metabolic syndrome: New use for an old drug

(Università di Trento) The discovery, described in a study by Cosbi and Cimec of the University of Trento published today in Nature Communications, confirms the effectiveness of repurposing, the new frontier of pharmacological research. By combining genomics and big data, researchers found a way to make drug development faster and cheaper, with benefits for patients with still untreatable diseases. The drug, which was tested in laboratory, proved successful in lowering inflammation associated with lipid accumulation.
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