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AI framework developed to simplify drug synthesis
- Researchers at the Wadhwani School of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at IIT-Madras and The Ohio State University developed the framework.
- The framework is designed to generate drug-like molecules that are easier to synthesise in a laboratory.
- The AI framework is called PURE – Policy-guided Unbiased Representations for Structure Constrained Molecular Generation.
- Purpose and Function
- Designed to generate drug-like molecules that are easier to synthesise in laboratories.
- Aims to simplify and accelerate the early stages of drug discovery.
- Benefits
- Can reduce the time and cost of early-stage drug development, which often spans several years or decades and costs millions of dollars.
- Has potential applications in combating drug resistance, particularly in cancer and infectious diseases.
- The findings were published in the Journal for Cheminformatics.
