Artificial intelligence model finds potential drug molecules a thousand times faster

A geometric deep-learning model is faster and more accurate than state-of-the-art computational models, reducing the chances and costs of drug trial failures.

Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health • mit
July 12, 2022 ~6 min

Many medications affect more than one target in the body – some drug designers are embracing the 'side effects' that had been seen as a drawback

Many approved drugs work on the body in ways that researchers still aren’t entirely clear about. Seeing this as an opportunity instead of a flaw may lead to better treatments for complex conditions.

Gregory Way, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
July 11, 2022 ~9 min


Discovering new drugs is a long and expensive process – chemical compounds that dupe screening tools make it even harder

While technological advancements have quickened the drug discovery process, some chemical compounds remain a common thorn in a researcher’s side.

Martin Clasby, Research Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School • conversation
April 21, 2022 ~6 min

Drug-screening spin-out secures new funding

Semarion Ltd, a University of Cambridge spin-out company from the Cavendish Laboratory, combines materials engineering and cell biology to help biopharma

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 23, 2022 ~3 min

Artificial intelligence system rapidly predicts how two proteins will attach

The machine-learning model could help scientists speed the development of new medicines.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 1, 2022 ~7 min

‘Transformational’ approach to machine learning could accelerate search for new disease treatments

Researchers have developed a new approach to machine learning that ‘learns how to learn’ and out-performs current machine learning methods for drug design,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 29, 2021 ~3 min

The FDA's lax oversight of research in developing countries can do harm to vulnerable participants

Regulatory loopholes for research conducted off US soil allow for questionable trials and misleading data to slip under the FDA’s radar.

C. Michael White, Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut • conversation
Nov. 12, 2021 ~5 min

Antibiotic resistance is at a crisis point – government support for academia and Big Pharma to find new drugs could help defeat superbugs

If no action is taken to address antibiotic resistance, infections from multidrug-resistant bacteria could cause 10 million deaths each year by 2050.

Andre Hudson, Professor and Head of the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology • conversation
Oct. 29, 2021 ~9 min


Deep learning helps predict new drug combinations to fight Covid-19

Neural network identifies synergistic drug blends for treating viruses like SARS-CoV-2.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Sept. 24, 2021 ~6 min

Machine learning plus insights from genetic research shows the workings of cells – and may help develop new drugs for COVID-19 and other diseases

Machine learning is great at finding patterns but doesn’t know what those patterns mean. Combine it with knowledge gained from genetic research and you have a powerful view into the workings of cells.

Jalees Rehman, Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago • conversation
Aug. 6, 2021 ~5 min

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