Title:Drug Repositioning Using Computer-aided Drug Design (CADD)
Volume: 25
Issue: 3
Author(s): Sona Rawat, Kanmani Subramaniam, Selva Kumar Subramanian, Saravanan Subbarayan, Subramanian Dhanabalan, Sashik Kumar Madurai Chidambaram, Balasubramaniam Stalin, Arpita Roy, Nagaraj Nagaprasad, Mahalingam Aruna, Jule Leta Tesfaye, Bayissa Badassa and Ramaswamy Krishnaraj*
Affiliation:
- Centre for Excellence-Indigenous Knowledge, Innovative Technology Transfer
and Entrepreneurship, Dambi Dollo University, Dambi Dollo, Ethiopia
- Ministry of innovation and technology, Ethiopia
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dambi Dollo University, Dambi Dollo, Ethiopia
Keywords:
Drug repositioning, computer-aided drug designing, CADD techniques, target-based drug repurposing, COVID-19, cancer.
Abstract: Drug repositioning is a method of using authorized drugs for other unusually complex
diseases. Compared to new drug development, this method is fast, low in cost, and effective.
Through the use of outstanding bioinformatics tools, such as computer-aided drug design
(CADD), computer strategies play a vital role in the re-transformation of drugs. The use of
CADD's special strategy for target-based drug reuse is the most promising method, and its realization
rate is high. In this review article, we have particularly focused on understanding the various
technologies of CADD and the use of computer-aided drug design for target-based drug reuse,
taking COVID-19 and cancer as examples. Finally, it is concluded that CADD technology is accelerating
the development of repurposed drugs due to its many advantages, and there are many
facts to prove that the new ligand-targeting strategy is a beneficial method and that it will gain
momentum with the development of technology.