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Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. It is caused by a variety of genetic mutations, which makes every instance of the disease unique. Since chemotherapy can have extremely severe side effects, each patient requires a…

Quantum computing holds promise for revolutionizing computational chemistry simulations, particularly in drug discovery. However, current quantum hardware is limited by noise and scale, necessitating bridging technologies. This study…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-16 Marek Kowalik , Ellen Michael , Peter Pogány , Phalgun Lolur

Optimizing the properties of molecules (materials or drugs) for stronger toughness, lower toxicity, or better bioavailability has been a long-standing challenge. In this context, we propose a molecular optimization framework called Q-Drug…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-28 Zhaoping Xiong , Xiaopeng Cui , Xinyuan Lin , Feixiao Ren , Bowen Liu , Yunting Li , Manhong Yung , Nan Qiao

The Research & Development (R&D) phase of drug development is a lengthy and costly process. To revolutionize this process, we introduce our new concept QMLS to shorten the whole R&D phase to three to six months and decrease the cost to…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2024-09-06 Yifan Zhou , Yan Shing Liang , Yew Kee Wong , Haichuan Qiu , Yu Xi Wu , Bin He

The current state of cancer therapeutics has been moving away from one-size-fits-all cytotoxic chemotherapy, and towards a more individualized and specific approach involving the targeting of each tumor's genetic vulnerabilities. Different…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2019-07-02 Niranjan Balachandar , Christine Liu , Winston Wang

We present a new experimental-computational technology of inferring network models that predict the response of cells to perturbations and that may be useful in the design of combinatorial therapy against cancer. The experiments are…

Computational systems and methods are often being used in biological research, including the understanding of cancer and the development of treatments. Simulations of tumor growth and its response to different drugs are of particular…

Traditional drug discovery pipeline takes several years and cost billions of dollars. Deep generative and predictive models are widely adopted to assist in drug development. Classical machines cannot efficiently produce atypical patterns of…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2021-04-05 Junde Li , Mahabubul Alam , Congzhou M Sha , Jian Wang , Nikolay V. Dokholyan , Swaroop Ghosh

Owing to the computational complexity of electronic structure algorithms running on classical digital computers, the range of molecular systems amenable to simulation remains tightly circumscribed even after many decades of work. Quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-18 Alexis Ralli , Michael I. Williams , Peter V. Coveney

Conformation generation, also known as molecular unfolding (MU), is a crucial step in structure-based drug design, remaining a challenging combinatorial optimization problem. Quantum annealing (QA) has shown great potential for solving…

Mutated genes may lead to cancer development in numerous tissues. While more than 600 cancer-causing genes are known today, some of the most widespread mutations are connected to the RAS gene: RAS mutations are found in approximately 25% of…

Quantum computing offers an alternative paradigm for addressing combinatorial optimization problems compared to classical computing. Despite recent hardware improvements, the execution of empirical quantum optimization experiments at scales…

Variational quantum algorithms hold the promise to address meaningful quantum problems already on noisy intermediate-scale quantum hardware. In spite of the promise, they face the challenge of designing quantum circuits that both solve the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-01 Akash Kundu , Stefano Mangini

Synthesizable molecular design (also known as synthesizable molecular optimization) is a fundamental problem in drug discovery, and involves designing novel molecular structures to improve their properties according to drug-relevant oracle…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Dannong Wang , Jintai Chen , Yingzhou Lu , Minjie Shen , Lulu Chen , Zhiding Liang , Tianfan Fu , Xiao-Yang Liu

Quantum computing has recently exhibited great potentials in predicting chemical properties for various applications in drug discovery, material design, and catalyst optimization. Progress has been made in simulating small molecules, such…

Recent advances in high-throughput genomic technologies coupled with exponential increases in computer processing and memory have allowed us to interrogate the complex aberrant molecular underpinnings of human disease from a genome-wide…

Recent breakthroughs in generative modeling have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in molecular generation, yet the integration of comprehensive biomedical knowledge into these models has remained an untapped frontier. In this study, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Aditya Malusare , Vineet Punyamoorty , Vaneet Aggarwal

The development of new drugs is a tedious, time-consuming, and expensive process, for which the average costs are estimated to be up to around $2.5 billion. The first step in this long process is the design of the new drug, for which de…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Julien Baglio , Yacine Haddad , Richard Polifka

Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) modeling is key in drug discovery, but classical methods face limitations when handling high-dimensional data and capturing complex molecular interactions. This research proposes enhancing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 Alejandro Giraldo , Daniel Ruiz , Mariano Caruso , Guido Bellomo

Precision measurements of molecules offer an unparalleled paradigm to probe physics beyond the Standard Model. The rich internal structure within these molecules makes them exquisite sensors for detecting fundamental symmetry violations,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-09 Anastasia Pipi , Xuecheng Tao , Arianna Wu , Prineha Narang , David R. Leibrandt