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Transforming Computational Drug Discovery with Machine Learning and AI

Journal Article · · ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  3. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States). UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

We discuss the current progress in applications of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to meet the challenges of computational drug discovery. We identify several areas where existing methods have the potential to accelerate pharmaceutical research and disrupt more traditional approaches.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; LANL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; National Science Foundation (NSF) (United States); Office of Naval Research (ONR) (United States)
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1483548
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-18-28962
Journal Information:
ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Journal Name: ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 9; ISSN 1948-5875
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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