Perspectives on current approaches to virtual screening in drug discovery

I Muegge, J Bentzien, Y Ge - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction For the past two decades, virtual screening (VS) has been an efficient hit finding
approach for drug discovery. Today, billions of commercially accessible compounds are …

Toward physics‐based precision medicine: Exploiting protein dynamics to design new therapeutics and interpret variants

A Meller, D Kelly, LG Smith, GR Bowman - Protein Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The goal of precision medicine is to utilize our knowledge of the molecular causes of
disease to better diagnose and treat patients. However, there is a substantial mismatch …

Automated adaptive absolute binding free energy calculations

F Clark, GR Robb, DJ Cole, J Michel - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Alchemical absolute binding free energy (ABFE) calculations have substantial potential in
drug discovery, but are often prohibitively computationally expensive. To unlock their …

Comparison of receptor–ligand restraint schemes for alchemical absolute binding free energy calculations

F Clark, G Robb, DJ Cole, J Michel - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Alchemical absolute binding free energy calculations are of increasing interest in drug
discovery. These calculations require restraints between the receptor and ligand to restrict …

An algorithmic framework for synthetic cost-aware decision making in molecular design

JC Fromer, CW Coley - Nature Computational Science, 2024 - nature.com
Small molecules exhibiting desirable property profiles are often discovered through an
iterative process of designing, synthesizing and testing sets of molecules. The selection of …

Comparative Binding Ability of Human Monoclonal Antibodies against Omicron Variants of SARS-CoV-2: An In Silico Investigation

NC Das, P Chakraborty, J Bayry, S Mukherjee - Antibodies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mutation (s) in the spike protein is the major characteristic trait of newly emerged SARS-CoV-
2 variants such as Alpha (B. 1.1. 7), Beta (B. 1.351), Gamma (P. 1), Delta (B. 1.617. 2), and …

Cheminformatics-based study identifies potential ebola VP40 inhibitors

E Broni, C Ashley, J Adams, H Manu, E Aikins… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Ebola virus (EBOV) is still highly infectious and causes severe hemorrhagic fevers in
primates. However, there are no regulatorily approved drugs against the Ebola virus disease …

Computer-aided drug design and synthesis of rhenium clotrimazole antimicrobial agents

Y Cortat, M Nedyalkova, K Schindler, P Kadakia… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the context of the global health issue caused by the growing occurrence of antimicrobial
resistance (AMR), the need for novel antimicrobial agents is becoming alarming. Inorganic …

Virtual screening of a marine natural product database for in silico identification of a potential acetylcholinesterase inhibitor

AC Gade, M Murahari, P Pavadai, MS Kumar - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by amyloid-beta aggregation and neurofibrillary
tangles. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) hydrolyses acetylcholine and induces amyloid-beta …

Imidazole-4-N-acetamide Derivatives as a Novel Scaffold for Selective Targeting of Cyclin Dependent Kinases

P Rusina, E Gandalipov, Y Abdusheva, M Panova… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary General toxicity for the organism is a major drawback of anticancer drugs.
Development of new generation chemotherapeutics requires the knowledge about …