Pub Date : 2025-01-22DOI: 10.1038/s41587-024-02526-3
Mohammad Ghazi Vakili, Christoph Gorgulla, Jamie Snider, AkshatKumar Nigam, Dmitry Bezrukov, Daniel Varoli, Alex Aliper, Daniil Polykovsky, Krishna M. Padmanabha Das, Huel Cox III, Anna Lyakisheva, Ardalan Hosseini Mansob, Zhong Yao, Lela Bitar, Danielle Tahoulas, Dora Čerina, Eugene Radchenko, Xiao Ding, Jinxin Liu, Fanye Meng, Feng Ren, Yudong Cao, Igor Stagljar, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Alex Zhavoronkov
We introduce a quantum–classical generative model for small-molecule design, specifically targeting KRAS inhibitors for cancer therapy. We apply the method to design, select and synthesize 15 proposed molecules that could notably engage with KRAS for cancer therapy, with two holding promise for future development as inhibitors. This work showcases the potential of quantum computing to generate experimentally validated hits that compare favorably against classical models.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-22DOI: 10.1038/s41587-024-02534-3
Sebastian Lobentanzer, Shaohong Feng, Noah Bruderer, Andreas Maier, The BioChatter Consortium, Cankun Wang, Jan Baumbach, Jorge Abreu-Vicente, Nils Krehl, Qin Ma, Thomas Lemberger, Julio Saez-Rodriguez
{"title":"A platform for the biomedical application of large language models","authors":"Sebastian Lobentanzer, Shaohong Feng, Noah Bruderer, Andreas Maier, The BioChatter Consortium, Cankun Wang, Jan Baumbach, Jorge Abreu-Vicente, Nils Krehl, Qin Ma, Thomas Lemberger, Julio Saez-Rodriguez","doi":"10.1038/s41587-024-02534-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41587-024-02534-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19084,"journal":{"name":"Nature biotechnology","volume":"43 2","pages":"166-169"},"PeriodicalIF":33.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-024-02534-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142992595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-20DOI: 10.1038/s41587-025-02555-6
Melanie Senior
After two volatile years, FDA approvals in 2024 settled closer to their 10-year average. Will nominated commissioner Marty Makary shake things up, or maintain a steady ship?
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Pub Date : 2025-01-17DOI: 10.1038/s41587-024-02527-2
Recent moves of note in and around the biotech and pharma industries.
生物技术和制药行业的最新动向。
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Pub Date : 2025-01-17DOI: 10.1038/s41587-024-02522-7
Michael Francisco
A biophysicist interested in understanding the molecular principles of membrane protein folding and applying them to protein design discusses her nonlinear academic path and the potential societal impact of her research.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-17DOI: 10.1038/s41587-024-02538-z
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Pub Date : 2025-01-17DOI: 10.1038/s41587-024-02537-0
Iris Marchal
{"title":"An organoid model with all three pancreatic lineages resembles fetal pancreas","authors":"Iris Marchal","doi":"10.1038/s41587-024-02537-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41587-024-02537-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19084,"journal":{"name":"Nature biotechnology","volume":"43 1","pages":"30-30"},"PeriodicalIF":33.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142989341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}