Recent advances in drug repurposing using machine learning.

Journal: Current opinion in chemical biology
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Abstract

Drug repurposing aims to find new uses for already existing and approved drugs. We now provide a brief overview of recent developments in drug repurposing using machine learning alongside other computational approaches for comparison. We also highlight several applications for cancer using kinase inhibitors, Alzheimer's disease as well as COVID-19.

Authors

  • Fabio Urbina
    Collaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 840 Main Campus Drive, Lab 3510, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA.
  • Ana C Puhl
    Collaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, NC, USA.
  • Sean Ekins
    Collaborations in Chemistry, 5616 Hilltop Needmore Road, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526, USA; Collaborative Drug Discovery, 1633 Bayshore Highway, Suite 342, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA; Collaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 5616 Hilltop Needmore Road, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526, USA; Phoenix Nest, Inc., P.O. Box 150057, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA; Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation, 401 Park Avenue South, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: ekinssean@yahoo.com.