Iranian Researchers Develop Biocomputational Method to Show Effectiveness of Drugs
16:00 - February 05, 2025

Iranian Researchers Develop Biocomputational Method to Show Effectiveness of Drugs

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iranian scientists at a technological center at the Royan Research Institute succeeded in presenting a biocomputational method to show which drugs are more effective during the outbreak of epidemics like the coronavirus.
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“One of the important applications of biocomputational laboratories is that it reduces the use of animal models and, while respecting medical ethics and reducing costs, saves time,” Soudeh Mahdian, a PhD in biochemistry and postdoctoral researcher at the Royan Research Institute and a member of the company, told ANA.

“In this method, the effectiveness of drugs is evaluated using computational methods before the animal model is performed. During the outbreak of the coronavirus, most drugs were given to patients randomly. Then their effectiveness was evaluated, but with the biocomputational method, we can assess which drugs are more effective,” she added.

“Now, by implementing this method, we have achieved good results and have been able to have scientific cooperation with Baqiyatollah Hospital (in Tehran). We have also defined joint projects with several research institutes in this field,” Mahdian said.

In a relevant development in 2023, Iranian scientists at Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology’s Cord Blood Bank had succeeded in production of wound dressings by using umbilical cord blood and amniotic membranes.  

Iranian researchers and technologists at Royan Cord Blood Bank have managed to produce useful and valuable products like culture medium for stem cell proliferation and wound dressings by using biological waste from childbirth and umbilical cord blood in addition to storing 185,000 umbilical cord blood samples.

Royan Institute was established in 1991 by a group of researchers and physicians in Iran University of Medical Sciences of ACECR as an outpatient surgery center to provide medical services to infertile couples as well as research and training in reproductive sciences.

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