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Data dive finds cheap diuretic could be Alzheimer’s drug

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Bumetanide’s potential was discovered by analysing data on more than 1,300 FDA-approved drugs derived from brain tissue samples, laboratory experiments involving animal and human cells, and human population studies.

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Artificial intelligence could be new blueprint for precision drug discovery

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online issue of Nature Communications, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine describe a new approach that uses machine learning to hunt for disease targets and then predicts whether a drug is likely to receive FDA approval. “Academic labs and pharmaceutical and? biotech companies?have

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