Illustration of AI-enabled drug repurposing for rare disease treatment discovery
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How Marinka Zitnik Is Teaching AI to Find Hidden Treatments for Rare Diseases

ByThe Healthcare Discovery Team

Harvard researcher Marinka Zitnik is building AI systems designed to uncover hidden treatments for rare and neglected diseases. Her TxGNN work points toward a future where drug repurposing becomes more systematic, more transparent, and more useful for patients medicine has historically overlooked.

David Fajgenbaum of Every Cure, the nonprofit focused on AI-powered drug repurposing
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The Cure Hiding in Plain Sight: How Every Cure Is Rewriting the Rules of Drug Discovery

ByThe Healthcare Discovery Team

Every Cure is a nonprofit using AI and drug repurposing to uncover treatments hidden inside existing medicines. Founded by physician-scientist David Fajgenbaum after a repurposed drug saved his own life, the organization is building a new model for healthcare discovery.