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Review
. 2011 Jun;10(6):397.
doi: 10.1038/nrd3461.

Mining for therapeutic gold

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Review

Mining for therapeutic gold

Francis S Collins. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2011 Jun.

Abstract

A comprehensive and collaborative strategy to enable the investigation of new uses of approved and abandoned drug compounds could advance translational research.

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  • Could pharma open its drug freezers?
    Mullard A. Mullard A. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2011 Jun;10(6):399-400. doi: 10.1038/nrd3473. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2011. PMID: 21629278 No abstract available.

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