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Drug repositioning as a route to anti-malarial drug discovery: preliminary investigation of the in vitro anti-malarial efficacy of emetine dihydrochloride hydrate

BACKGROUND: Drug repurposing or repositioning refers to the usage of existing drugs in diseases other than those it was originally used for. For diseases like malaria, where there is an urgent need for active drug candidates, the strategy offers a route to significantly shorten the traditional drug...

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Autores principales: Matthews, Holly, Usman-Idris, Maryam, Khan, Farid, Read, Martin, Nirmalan, Niroshini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24107123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-359