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It remains a challenging task to generate a vast variety of novel compounds with desirable pharmacological properties. In this work, a generative network complex (GNC) is proposed as a new platform for designing novel compounds, predicting…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2019-11-01 Christopher Grow , Kaifu Gao , Duc Duy Nguyen , Guo-Wei Wei

Diffusion models have emerged as a leading framework in generative modeling, poised to transform the traditionally slow and costly process of drug discovery. This review provides a systematic comparison of their application in designing two…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Yiquan Wang , Yahui Ma , Yuhan Chang , Jiayao Yan , Jialin Zhang , Minnuo Cai , Kai Wei

To generate drug molecules of desired properties with computational methods is the holy grail in pharmaceutical research. Here we describe an AI strategy, retro drug design, or RDD, to generate novel small molecule drugs from scratch to…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2021-05-12 Yuhong Wang , Sam Michael , Ruili Huang , Jinghua Zhao , Katlin Recabo , Danielle Bougie , Qiang Shu , Paul Shinn , Hongmao Sun

Drug discovery is a complex process that involves sequentially screening and examining a vast array of molecules to identify those with the target properties. This process, also referred to as sequential experimentation, faces challenges…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Jinghai He , Cheng Hua , Yingfei Wang , Zeyu Zheng

In the past decade, Artificial Intelligence driven drug design and discovery has been a hot research topic, where an important branch is molecule generation by generative models, from GAN-based models and VAE-based models to the latest…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2023-10-10 Siyuan Guo , Jihong Guan , Shuigeng Zhou

More than 200 generic drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for non-cancer indications have shown promise for treating cancer. Due to their long history of safe patient use, low cost, and widespread availability,…

Personalizing drug prescriptions in cancer care based on genomic information requires associating genomic markers with treatment effects. This is an unsolved challenge requiring genomic patient data in yet unavailable volumes as well as…

Structure-Based Drug Design (SBDD) has revolutionized drug discovery by enabling the rational design of molecules for specific protein targets. Despite significant advancements in improving docking scores, advanced 3D-SBDD generative models…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2025-03-04 Bowen Gao , Yanwen Huang , Yiqiao Liu , Wenxuan Xie , Wei-Ying Ma , Ya-Qin Zhang , Yanyan Lan

Designing molecular structures with desired chemical properties is an essential task in drug discovery and material design. However, finding molecules with the optimized desired properties is still a challenging task due to combinatorial…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2023-02-02 Masatsugu Yamada , Mahito Sugiyama

Traditional drug discovery programs are being transformed by the advent of machine learning methods. Among these, Generative AI methods (GM) have gained attention due to their ability to design new molecules and enhance specific properties…

Drug discovery remains a slow and expensive process that involves many steps, from detecting the target structure to obtaining approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and is often riddled with safety concerns. Accurate…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-08-22 Ali Vefghi , Zahed Rahmati , Mohammad Akbari

Repurposing existing drugs to treat new diseases is a cost-effective alternative to de novo drug development, but there are millions of potential drug-disease combinations to be considered with only a small fraction being viable. In silico…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-10-24 Austin Polanco , M. E. J. Newman

Generating molecules with high binding affinities to target proteins (a.k.a. structure-based drug design) is a fundamental and challenging task in drug discovery. Recently, deep generative models have achieved remarkable success in…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2023-05-24 Zaixi Zhang , Qi Liu

The efficacy of a drug depends on its binding affinity to the therapeutic target and pharmacokinetics. Deep learning (DL) has demonstrated remarkable progress in predicting drug efficacy. We develop MolDesigner, a human-in-the-loop web…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2020-10-09 Kexin Huang , Tianfan Fu , Dawood Khan , Ali Abid , Ali Abdalla , Abubakar Abid , Lucas M. Glass , Marinka Zitnik , Cao Xiao , Jimeng Sun

We study a fundamental problem in structure-based drug design -- generating molecules that bind to specific protein binding sites. While we have witnessed the great success of deep generative models in drug design, the existing methods are…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2022-11-15 Shitong Luo , Jiaqi Guan , Jianzhu Ma , Jian Peng

It is well known that Drug Design is often a costly process both in terms of time and economic effort. While good Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship models (QSAR) can help predicting molecular properties without the need to…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2022-02-14 Dylan Savoia , Alessio Ragno , Roberto Capobianco

The drug development process is a critical challenge in the pharmaceutical industry due to its time-consuming nature and the need to discover new drug potentials to address various ailments. The initial step in drug development, drug target…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2024-12-17 Hezha O. Rasul , Dlzar D. Ghafour , Bakhtyar K. Aziz , Bryar A. Hassan , Tarik A. Rashid , Arif Kivrak

A drug molecule is a substance that changes the organism's mental or physical state. Every approved drug has an indication, which refers to the therapeutic use of that drug for treating a particular medical condition. While the Large…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-02-20 David Oniani , Jordan Hilsman , Chengxi Zang , Junmei Wang , Lianjin Cai , Jan Zawala , Yanshan Wang

Computational methods in drug repositioning can help to conserve resources. In particular, methods based on biological networks are showing promise. Considering only the network topology and knowledge on drug target genes is not sufficient…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2025-04-02 Atte Aalto , La Mi , Diego A. Blanco-Mora , Jorge Goncalves

Characterizing interactions between drugs is important to avoid potentially harmful combinations, to reduce off-target effects of treatments and to fight antibiotic resistant pathogens, among others. Here we present a network inference…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2014-11-07 Roger Guimera , Marta Sales-Pardo