Researcher finds potential new use for old drugs
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
A class of drugs used to treat parasitic infections such as malaria may also be useful in treating cancers and immune-related diseases, a new study has found. Researchers discovered that simple modifications to the drug furamidine have a major impact on its ability to affect specific human proteins involved in the on-off switches of certain genes.