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ArticleJournal of chemical information and modeling2024

ACEGEN: Reinforcement Learning of Generative Chemical Agents for Drug Discovery.

Albert Bou, Morgan Thomas, Sebastian Dittert, Carles Navarro, Maciej Majewski, Ye Wang, Shivam Patel, Gary Tresadern, Mazen Ahmad, Vincent Moens and 3 more

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Article in Journal of chemical information and modeling, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Albert BouComputational Science Laboratory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), C Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6027-4538
Morgan ThomasComputational Science Laboratory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), C Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Sebastian DittertComputational Science Laboratory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), C Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Carles NavarroAcellera Labs, C Dr. Trueta 183, 08005, Barcelona, Spain.
Maciej MajewskiAcellera Labs, C Dr. Trueta 183, 08005, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2605-8166
Ye WangBiogen Research and Development, 225 Binney Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5274-2928
Shivam PatelPsivant Therapeutics, 451 D Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, United States.
Gary TresadernIn Silico Discovery, Janssen Research & Development, Janssen Pharmaceutica N. V., Turnhoutseweg 30, B-2340 Beerse, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4801-1644
Mazen AhmadIn Silico Discovery, Janssen Research & Development, Janssen Pharmaceutica N. V., Turnhoutseweg 30, B-2340 Beerse, Belgium.
Vincent MoensPyTorch Team, Meta, 11-21 Canal Reach, London, N1C 4DB, United Kingdom.
Woody ShermanPsivant Therapeutics, 451 D Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9079-1376
Simone SciabolaBiogen Research and Development, 225 Binney Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Gianni De FabritiisComputational Science Laboratory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), C Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3913-4877

Funding

OpenMM: Scalable biomolecular modeling, simulation, and machine learningR01GM140090 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Thomas Edward Markland · 2021 to 2026
$3.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM140090
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, reinforcement learning (RL) has emerged as a valuable tool in drug design, offering the potential to propose and optimize molecules with desired properties. However, striking a balance between capabilities, flexibility, reliability, and efficiency remains challenging due to the complexity of advanced RL algorithms and the significant reliance on specialized code. In this work, we introduce ACEGEN, a comprehensive and streamlined toolkit tailored for generative drug design, built using TorchRL, a modern RL library that offers thoroughly tested reusable components. We validate ACEGEN by benchmarking against other published generative modeling algorithms and show comparable or improved performance. We also show examples of ACEGEN applied in multiple drug discovery case studies. ACEGEN is accessible at https://github.com/acellera/acegen-open and available for use under the MIT license.

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Drug DiscoveryAlgorithmsDrug DesignMachine LearningSoftware

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PMID39092857
PMCPMC11581341

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