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A little luck and a clever idea can go a long way in finding treatments for unmet medical needs. One way to do this is by making use of drug repurposing - the process of discovering "new" drugs from "old" ones.

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Dengue and chikungunya are both viruses spread by a species of mosquito known as Aedes aegypti.

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Chikungunya is the latest virus you probably have never heard of.

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