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Common Malaria Drug Repurposed to Fight Cancer

Researcher(s) Keywords:

  1. Immunology
  2. Health Disparities
  3. Cell Biology
  4. Biochemistry
  5. Anti-cancer Drug Discovery

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Aguilera, Renato
College: Science
Department: Biological Sciences
Common Malaria Drug Repurposed to Fight Cancer
Date: March 03, 2025



EL PASO, Texas (March 3, 2025) – Can a drug that’s used to treat malaria be repurposed to fight cancer? Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have secured a patent for the anti-malarial drug pyronaridine to do just that. Pyronaridine has been used to treat the mosquito-borne infectious disease for over 30 years.


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