Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Leveraging molecular structure and bioactivity with chemical language models for de novo drug design

  • Michael Moret,
  • Irene Pachon Angona,
  • Leandro Cotos,
  • Shen Yan,
  • Kenneth Atz,
  • Cyrill Brunner,
  • Martin Baumgartner,
  • Francesca Grisoni,
  • Gisbert Schneider

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35692-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Generative Deep Learning holds promise for mining the unexplored “chemical universe” for new drugs. Here, the authors demonstrate the de novo design of phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma (PI3Kγ) inhibitors for the PI3K/Akt pathway in human tumor cells.