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Some of their worst finds have included a spray tan booth and "almost new" household goods which could have been donated or repurposed.

To transport foreign officials, Ukraine has repurposed luxury railroad cars originally designed for wealthy passengers who rented them for trips across the country before the war.

"Our findings underscore the potential of this pipeline to identify protein biomarkers that can serve as new therapeutic targets, as well as provide opportunities for drug repurposing in the fight against Alzheimer's."

Freaks are scroungers, thrifters, salvagers; they’re unmatched in their ability to repurpose the discarded, to find value in things — and in people — that it sometimes seems nobody else wants or esteems.

What's most exciting is our paper highlights the intriguing possibility that repurposing currently available cancer drugs that stabilize focal adhesions might represent a way to restore mechanical integrity at synapses.