Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks

You might know that it takes a very, very, very long time to develop new drugs, but it seems like there are new treatments for COVID-19 all the time…how is that possible? It’s all thanks to the exciting field of drug repurposing! What is that, you ask? Well, it might sound self-explanatory, but, like most things in life, there’s more to it. Listen to our latest episode and learn from the experts, Dr Marina Sirota (@SirotaLab) and Dr Brian Shoicet (@ucsfpharmacy)!

Link to PDF of the transcript: here

This episode was written and produced by Maggie Colton and Cindy Liu. Music by Maggie Colton and from podcast.co. Episode art by Cindy Liu with vector art from vecteezy.com. You can learn more about Marina’s and Brian’s research here: Sirota lab and Shoicet lab.

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