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

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.