A disorder of structure of function in an organism

Dissemination involves communicating the findings of a research project to a wide range of people who might find it useful. This can be done through:

• producing reports (often these are made available on the Internet)
• publishing articles in journals or newsletters
• issuing press releases
• giving talks at conferences

It is important to feed back the findings of research to research participants.

A chemical substance which makes up the genes, and which contains the information needed for the body to work. 

The amount of or frequency that a drug is given in

Any substance that causes a change in an organism

Drug reformulation is taking an existing approved drug and creating a new delivery form or a new dosage.

Drug repositioning is when a pharma company takes one of their patent protected drugs and creates a new disease use for it, and then starts marketing the drug for a new use. 

Drug reprofiling changes an already approved drug by creating tiny variations (called isomers) so that it can be re-patented for a new disease indication. 

Taking a drug already approved for human use in one disease and using it for another disease

A drug target is anything in a living organism to which a drug can binds to, causing a change in its behaviour or function. Common biological targets are proteins and nucleic acids.