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Repurposing the anti-hypertensive drug Carvedilol into an antiviral agent: Carvedilol (trade name: Coreg), increases spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase (SAT) expression, depletes spermidine and Spermine levels, and restricts Chikungunya and Zika viruses replication, via upregulation of its target gene, 10/March/2019, 12.02 am
Repurposing the anti-hypertensive drug Carvedilol into an antiviral agent: Carvedilol (trade name: Coreg), increases spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase (SAT) expression, depletes spermidine and Spermine levels, and restricts Chikungunya and Zika viruses replication, via upregulation of its target gene, 10/March/2019, 12.02 am 960 720 Dr Boomi's Genom-2-Discovery Center

Introduction: What they say A study from the Viral Populations and Pathogenesis Unit, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR 3569, 25–28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France shows that…

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Antiviral therapy against Neuroinvasive West Nile virus: Zafirlukast, an anti-asthmatic drug, increases the expression of RIPK3, promotes chemokines production, inhibits neuroinflammation, and restricts neuroinvasive West Nile virus production and pathogenesis in neurons via up regulation of its target gene, 9/March/2020, 11.42 pm
Antiviral therapy against Neuroinvasive West Nile virus: Zafirlukast, an anti-asthmatic drug, increases the expression of RIPK3, promotes chemokines production, inhibits neuroinflammation, and restricts neuroinvasive West Nile virus production and pathogenesis in neurons via up regulation of its target gene, 9/March/2020, 11.42 pm 960 720 Dr Boomi's Genom-2-Discovery Center

Introduction: What they say A study from the Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109,…

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Repurposing the anti-cancer agent Imatinib into an anti-HIV agent: Imatinib (trade name: Gleevec, Glivec and others) increases Heme oxygenase 2 (HO-2) expression, blocks N-myristoylation of HIV-1 Gag protein, disrupts HIV-1 budding, and restricts HIV-1 production, via upregulation of its target gene, 9/March/2020, 11.23 pm
Repurposing the anti-cancer agent Imatinib into an anti-HIV agent: Imatinib (trade name: Gleevec, Glivec and others) increases Heme oxygenase 2 (HO-2) expression, blocks N-myristoylation of HIV-1 Gag protein, disrupts HIV-1 budding, and restricts HIV-1 production, via upregulation of its target gene, 9/March/2020, 11.23 pm 960 720 Dr Boomi's Genom-2-Discovery Center

What we say: Dr L Boominathan PhD, Director-cum-chief Scientist of GBMD, reports that: Repurposing the anti-cancer agent Imatinib into an anti-HIV agent: Imatinib (trade name: Gleevec, Glivec and others) increases…

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Curing, preventing and reversing diabetes with a commonly available antiasthmatic drug Montelukast: Montelukast-based therapy for TIIDM and obesity-associated metabolic deficits: Montelukast (trade name: Singulair and others), a vasodilator used in the treatment of asthma, increases Lipocalin 2 (LCN2) expression, activates an MC4R-dependent anorexigenic pathway, decreases TXNIP expression, suppresses appetite and weight gain, increases insulin secretion, improves glucose tolerance, promotes glucose homeostasis, improves obesity-associated metabolic deficits and prevents progression to TIIDM, via down-regulation of its target gene, 9/March/2020, 11.08 pm
Curing, preventing and reversing diabetes with a commonly available antiasthmatic drug Montelukast: Montelukast-based therapy for TIIDM and obesity-associated metabolic deficits: Montelukast (trade name: Singulair and others), a vasodilator used in the treatment of asthma, increases Lipocalin 2 (LCN2) expression, activates an MC4R-dependent anorexigenic pathway, decreases TXNIP expression, suppresses appetite and weight gain, increases insulin secretion, improves glucose tolerance, promotes glucose homeostasis, improves obesity-associated metabolic deficits and prevents progression to TIIDM, via down-regulation of its target gene, 9/March/2020, 11.08 pm 960 720 Dr Boomi's Genom-2-Discovery Center

Introduction: What they say A study from the Department of Physiology-Cellular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA shows that “MC4R-dependent suppression of appetite by…

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Repurposing the anti-allergic drug into a cardioprotective drug: Tranilast-based Regenerative therapy for regaining the lost cardiomyocytes in Myocardial patients: Tranilast, an anti-allergy drug increases the expression of ERBB2/Her2 and promotes dedifferentiation  of cardiomyocytes, via up-regulation of its target gene, 1/March/2020, 5.43 pm
Repurposing the anti-allergic drug into a cardioprotective drug: Tranilast-based Regenerative therapy for regaining the lost cardiomyocytes in Myocardial patients: Tranilast, an anti-allergy drug increases the expression of ERBB2/Her2 and promotes dedifferentiation  of cardiomyocytes, via up-regulation of its target gene, 1/March/2020, 5.43 pm 960 720 Dr Boomi's Genom-2-Discovery Center

Introduction: What they say A recent study from the Department of Biological Regulation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel shows that “ERBB2 triggers mammalian heart regeneration by promoting cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation and proliferation.” This study was published, in the 6 April…

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Mechanistic insights into how Vitamin C/Ascorbic acid enhances immunity against bacterial infections: Ascorbic acid-based immune enhancement therapy: Ascorbic acid increases SOX2 expression, and promotes innate immunity against bacterial infection, via down-regulation of its target gene, 28/February/2020, 10.27 am
Mechanistic insights into how Vitamin C/Ascorbic acid enhances immunity against bacterial infections: Ascorbic acid-based immune enhancement therapy: Ascorbic acid increases SOX2 expression, and promotes innate immunity against bacterial infection, via down-regulation of its target gene, 28/February/2020, 10.27 am 960 720 Dr Boomi's Genom-2-Discovery Center

National Science day special ********* We wish everyone a very happy national science day. On this special occasion, we are happy to announce that Bio-Med/Pharma/Therapeutic/Clinical ideas posted today (28/February/2020) will be…

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