PregOMICS - leveraging systems biology and bioinformatics for drug repurposing in maternal-child health

摘要

ProblemObstetric diseases remain underserved and understudied. Drug repurposing – utilization of a drug whose use is accepted in one condition for a different condition – could represent a rapid and low-cost way to identify new therapies that are known to be safe. In diseases of pregnancy, the known safety profile is a strong additional incentive.