Recent advances in drug repurposing using machine learning

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.

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Drug repurposing involves finding new uses for existing and approved drugs. Recent developments in this field have utilized machine learning and other computational approaches, with applications in cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and COVID-19 treatment.