Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 17, 2024
Rare
diseases
(RDs),
affecting
300
million
people
globally,
present
a
daunting
public
health
challenge
characterized
by
complexity,
limited
treatment
options,
and
diagnostic
hurdles.
Despite
legislative
efforts,
such
as
the
1983
US
Orphan
Drug
Act,
more
than
90%
of
RDs
lack
effective
therapies.
Traditional
drug
discovery
models,
marked
lengthy
development
cycles
high
failure
rates,
struggle
to
meet
unique
demands
RDs,
often
yielding
poor
returns
on
investment.
However,
advent
artificial
intelligence
(AI),
encompassing
machine
learning
(ML)
deep
(DL),
offers
groundbreaking
solutions.
This
review
explores
AI's
potential
revolutionize
for
overcoming
these
challenges.
It
discusses
AI-driven
advancements,
repurposing,
biomarker
discovery,
personalized
medicine,
genetics,
clinical
trial
optimization,
corporate
innovations,
novel
target
identification.
By
synthesizing
current
knowledge
recent
breakthroughs,
this
provides
crucial
insights
into
how
AI
can
accelerate
therapeutic
ultimately
improving
patient
outcomes.
comprehensive
analysis
fills
critical
gap
in
literature,
enhancing
understanding
pivotal
role
transforming
RD
research
guiding
future
efforts
vital
area
medicine.
PROTEOMICS,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 10, 2025
ABSTRACT
Chronic
kidney
disease
(CKD)
poses
a
significant
and
growing
global
health
challenge,
making
early
detection
slowing
progression
essential
for
improving
patient
outcomes.
Traditional
diagnostic
methods
such
as
glomerular
filtration
rate
proteinuria
are
insufficient
to
capture
the
complexity
of
CKD.
In
contrast,
omics
technologies
have
shed
light
on
molecular
mechanisms
CKD,
helping
identify
biomarkers
assessment
management.
Artificial
intelligence
(AI)
machine
learning
(ML)
could
transform
CKD
care,
enabling
biomarker
discovery
diagnosis
risk
prediction,
personalized
treatment.
By
integrating
multi‐omics
datasets,
AI
can
provide
real‐time,
patient‐specific
insights,
improve
decision
support,
optimize
cost
efficiency
by
avoidance
unnecessary
treatments.
Multidisciplinary
collaborations
sophisticated
ML
advance
therapeutic
strategies
in
This
review
presents
comprehensive
overview
pipeline
translating
data
into
treatment,
covering
recent
advances
research,
role
critical
need
clinical
validation
AI‐driven
discoveries
ensure
their
efficacy,
relevance,
cost‐effectiveness
care.
Clinical and Translational Science,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
18(2)
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
The
2024
Nobel
Prize
in
Chemistry
was
awarded
to
David
Baker,
Demis
Hassabis,
and
John
Jumper
for
their
groundbreaking
work
using
AI
predict
protein
structures
design
functional
proteins.
development
of
the
AlphaFold
model
has
solved
a
long-standing
challenge
biology
by
accurately
predicting
complex
proteins,
which
are
crucial
understanding
function.
enhances
our
ability
new
proteins
with
specific
functions
accelerates
drug
discovery
providing
detailed
insights
into
behavior
interactions.
recognition
this
underscores
transformative
potential
life
sciences
its
critical
role
future
research
(R&D).
revolutionized
space
recent
years,
applications
ranging
from
highly
accurate
structure
predictions
[1],
optimization
both
small
large
molecules
[2].
Several
foundational
models
have
been
developed
encoding
information
powerful
way
support
pipeline
[3,
4].
Figure
1
highlights
areas
where
now
plays
significant
is
poised
disrupt
traditional
experimental
techniques.
culmination
AI-driven
de
novo
design,
entire
preclinical
can
be
performed
silico,
resulting
billions
dollars
R&D
cost
savings,
translating
reduced
costs
medications
higher
clinical
success
rates
via
safer
more
developable
showing
strong
efficacy
well-selected
targets.
While
as-yet
unproven,
rate
21
AI-developed
drugs
that
completed
Phase
I
trials
as
December
2023
80%–90%,
significantly
than
~40%
methods
[5].
We
continue
see
an
increase
number
candidate
enter
stages,
trend
growing
at
exponential
rate—from
3
2016
17
2020
67
intersection
between
high-quality
data
access
across
science
modalities
like
imaging,
multi-omics,
DMRs,
very
repertoires,
advancements
scaling
architecture
deep
learning
led
explosion
healthcare.
some
publicly
available,
much
it
proprietary
under
control
pharmaceutical
companies,
partly
due
regulatory
privacy
concerns.
Conversely,
innovation
being
academic
industry
laboratories,
often
funded
spin-off
ventures
Genentech,
Recursion,
Absci,
recently,
Evolutionary
Scale.
Such
AI-first
companies
found
synergistic
partnerships
thereby
gaining
datasets
upon
apply
expertise.
Some
these
acquisitions
such
2009
purchase
Genentech
Roche
approximately
$46.8
billion,
highlighting
value
internalization
brings
companies.
use
cover
full
cycle
product,
including
discovery,
development,
application
assessment
setting.
Recent
Food
Drug
Administration
(FDA)
included
two
distinct
case
studies.
first
exemplifies
conventional
machine
(ML)
approaches
through
project
aimed
decoding
kinase–adverse
event
associations
molecule
kinase
inhibitors
(SMKIs).
By
constructing
multi-domain
dataset
4638
patients
registrational
16
FDA-approved
SMKIs,
ML
Random
Survival
Forests
(RSF),
Artificial
Neural
Networks
(ANNs),
DeepHit
were
utilized
find
442
kinases
2145
adverse
events.
This
made
accessible
interactive
web
application,
"Identification
Kinase-Specific
Signal"
(https://gongj.shinyapps.io/ml4ki).
platform
aids
experimentalists
identifying
verifying
kinase-inhibitor
pairs
serves
precision-medicine
tool
mitigate
individual
patient
safety
risks
forecasting
signals
[6].
In
general,
credibility
extrapolation
generalization
heavily
depends
on
diversity
comprehensiveness
training
data.
Future
studies
integrating
richer
genomic,
phenotypic,
demographic
could
further
improve
precision
help
refine
applicability
subgroups.
For
research,
while
Multi-Input
not
employed
study,
they
represent
promising
heterogeneous
datasets,
activity,
data,
outcomes,
unified
predictive
framework.
Additionally,
hybrid
combining
neural
networks
Markov
Chains
explored
capture
sequential
dependencies
disease
progression
robustness
diverse
cohorts.
second
study
showcases
generative
PharmBERT,
domain-specific
language
(LLM)
labels
[7].
Leveraging
BERT
architecture,
PharmBERT
pre-trained
textual
extracted
138,924
raw
sourced
DailyMed.
pre-training
text
improved
model's
performance
extracting
pharmacokinetic
labeling.
demonstrated
superior
tasks
reaction
(ADR)
detection
ADME
(absorption,
distribution,
metabolism,
excretion)
classification,
surpassing
other
ClinicalBERT
BioBERT.
advancement
LLMs
enhance
efficiency
text-related
extraction
labels.
Together,
illustrate
impact
science.
Traditional
provide
robust
frameworks
specific,
structured
analyses,
offer
expansive
capabilities
handling
unstructured
developing
generalized
intelligence.
Both
advancing
personalized
medicine
optimizing
processes.
document
authoring
opportunity
time
saving
last
subject's
visit
filing.
Generative
Pre-trained
Transformer
(GPT)
algorithm
task.
finding
adequate
set
(consisting
results,
protocols,
final
reports).
One
general-purpose
GPT-based
documents
described
Bouton
[8].
GPT
promising,
ensure
does
generate
inaccuracies,
commonly
referred
'hallucinations,'
given
sensitivity
high
stakes
documents.
There
remains
consisting
reports.
Work
code
met
variable
success.
Shin
et
al.
[9]
had
modest
initial
coding
NONMEM
common
platforms.
However,
all
required
correction
errors
humans.
pyDarwin
general
approach
PMX
selection.
makes
available
algorithms
search
optimal
pharmacometrics
model,
pharmacokinetics
pharmacodynamics.
identifies
combination
user-defined
features,
compartments,
covariate
relationships,
random
effects,
based
criteria.
method
shown
manual
forward
addition/backward
elimination
method,
considerable
savings
[10].
2
summarizes
results
surveys
during
"When
Meets
Development"
session
American
Society
Clinical
Pharmacology
Therapeutics
Annual
Meeting.
question
evaluates
views
AI's
change
R&D.
Notably,
80%
participants
recognized
impact,
12%
unconvinced.
No
unaware
R&D,
suggesting
level
awareness
within
pharmacology
community.
A
minority
(6%)
uncertain
about
current
capabilities,
2%
selected
unspecified
option.
Regarding
next
5–10
45%
highlighted
preference
optimization,
followed
(28%),
target
validation
(20%),
testing
screening
(7%).
highlight
familiarity,
usage,
perceptions
among
community,
indicating
interest
optimism
development.
Looking
ahead,
integration
accelerate,
driven
leading
tech
NVIDIA's
GPUs
enabling
faster
efficient
Google
Health
leveraging
expertise
analytics
modeling
analysis.
Apple
contributing
health
ecosystem,
facilitating
real-time
monitoring.
OpenAI's
cutting-edge
revolutionizing
researchers
hypotheses
analyze
scientific
literature.
These
innovations
collectively
promise
streamline
pipeline,
reduce
costs,
heralding
era
medicine.
As
global
investment
accelerates,
so
expectation
outcomes
programs.
2024,
there
no
on-market
pipeline.
drivers
AI,
particularly
healthcare,
need
show
disruption
existing
business
processes
tangible
financial
gains.
happen
launch
medication
or
AI-based
improvements
lead
approval.
content
perspective
presented
intelligence
(AI)
field
computer
science,
statistics,
engineering
develop
systems
capable
performing
typically
require
human
healthcare
span
postmarket
surveillance
advanced
manufacturing.
provides
translational,
late-phase
perspectives
community
survey
impacts
research.
M.S.
employee
Certara.
A.K.
AstraZeneca.
All
authors
declared
competing
interests
work.
The Innovation Life,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 100105 - 100105
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
<p>Artificial
intelligence
has
had
a
profound
impact
on
life
sciences.
This
review
discusses
the
application,
challenges,
and
future
development
directions
of
artificial
in
various
branches
sciences,
including
zoology,
plant
science,
microbiology,
biochemistry,
molecular
biology,
cell
developmental
genetics,
neuroscience,
psychology,
pharmacology,
clinical
medicine,
biomaterials,
ecology,
environmental
science.
It
elaborates
important
roles
aspects
such
as
behavior
monitoring,
population
dynamic
prediction,
microorganism
identification,
disease
detection.
At
same
time,
it
points
out
challenges
faced
by
application
data
quality,
black-box
problems,
ethical
concerns.
The
are
prospected
from
technological
innovation
interdisciplinary
cooperation.
integration
Bio-Technologies
(BT)
Information-Technologies
(IT)
will
transform
biomedical
research
into
AI
for
Science
paradigm.</p>
Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
19(11), P. 1297 - 1307
Published: Sept. 24, 2024
Artificial
intelligence
(AI)
is
exhibiting
tremendous
potential
to
reduce
the
massive
costs
and
long
timescales
of
drug
discovery.
There
are
however
important
challenges
currently
limiting
impact
scope
AI
models.
Advanced Healthcare Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
13(29)
Published: Aug. 18, 2024
Abstract
Over
the
last
four
decades,
pharmaceutical
companies’
expenditures
on
research
and
development
have
increased
51‐fold.
During
this
same
time,
clinical
success
rates
for
new
drugs
remained
unchanged
at
about
10
percent,
predominantly
due
to
lack
of
efficacy
and/or
safety
concerns.
This
persistent
problem
underscores
need
innovate
across
entire
drug
process,
particularly
in
formulation,
which
is
often
deprioritized
under‐resourced.
Heliyon,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
11(4), P. e42594 - e42594
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
Dengue
fever
is
a
viral
disease
caused
by
the
dengue
flavivirus
and
transmitted
through
mosquito
bites
in
humans.
According
to
World
Health
Organization,
severe
causes
approximately
40,000
deaths
annually,
nearly
4
billion
people
are
at
risk
of
infection.
The
urgent
need
for
effective
treatments
against
virus
has
led
extensive
research
on
potential
bioactive
compounds.
In
this
study,
we
utilized
network
pharmacology
approach
identify
DENV-2
capsid
protein
as
an
appropriate
target
intervention.
Subsequently,
selected
library
537
phytochemicals
derived
from
Azadirachta
indica
(Family:
Meliaceae),
known
their
anti-dengue
properties,
explore
inhibitors
protein.
compound
was
subjected
molecular
docking
potent
with
high
binding
affinity.
We
81
hits
based
thorough
analysis
affinities,
particularly
those
exhibiting
higher
energy
than
established
inhibitor
ST-148.
After
evaluating
characteristics,
identified
two
top-scored
compounds
them
dynamics
simulations
assess
stability
properties.
Additionally,
predicted
ADMET
properties
using
silico
methods.
One
inhibitors,
[(5S,7R,8R,9R,10R,13R,17R)-17-[(2R)-2-hydroxy-5-oxo-2H-furan-4-yl]-4,4,8,10,13-pentamethyl-3-oxo-5,6,7,9,11,12,16,17-octahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-7-yl]
acetate
(AI-59),
showed
highest
affinity
-10.4
kcal/mol.
Another
compound,
epoxy-nimonol
(AI-181),
demonstrated
number
H-bonds
score
-9.5
During
simulation
studies,
both
have
exhibited
noteworthy
outcomes.
Through
mechanics
employing
Generalized
Born
surface
area
(MM/GBSA)
calculations,
AI-59
AI-181
displayed
negative
ΔG_bind
scores
-74.99
-83.91
kcal/mol,
respectively.
hit
present
investigation
hold
developing
drugs
targeting
infections.
Furthermore,
knowledge
gathered
study
serves
foundation
structure-
or
ligand-based
exploration
International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
11(1), P. 2772 - 2780
Published: Feb. 10, 2025
This
comprehensive
article
examines
the
transformative
impact
of
artificial
intelligence
on
drug
discovery
and
development
processes.
The
explores
traditional
challenges
in
pharmaceutical
development,
including
extended
timelines,
high
costs,
low
success
rates,
which
have
prompted
industry's
shift
toward
AI-driven
solutions.
investigates
how
AI
applications
revolutionized
early
research
stages,
clinical
trial
management,
validation
Through
a
detailed
examination
recent
implementations,
demonstrates
AI's
significant
improvements
target
identification,
molecular
screening,
optimization.
also
addresses
technical
considerations,
data
quality
requirements,
algorithm
challenges,
resource
implications
for
successful
integration
research.
provides
insights
into
emerging
trends
future
directions
while
highlighting
achievements
limitations
discovery.