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ArticleNature2026

Zero-shot design of drug-binding proteins via neural iterative selection-expansion.

Benjamin Fry, Kaia Slaw, Nicholas F Polizzi

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Computing complexity.Nature chemical biology · 2026
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  2. Zero-shot design of abioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  3. Principles ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. Assessing structural prediction accuracy for nanobody-small molecule complexes.Protein engineering, design & selection : PEDS · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Benjamin Fry *Harvard Graduate Program in Biophysics, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0981-9605
Kaia Slaw *Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Nicholas F PolizziDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. nicholasf_polizzi@dfci.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1779-8907

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The design of proteins that bind to small molecules has been challenging because it requires simultaneous optimization of the protein sequence, protein structure and ligand conformation

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Drug DesignProtein EngineeringProteinsAlgorithmsGraph Neural NetworksLigandsModels, MolecularMolecular Docking SimulationProtein BindingProtein ConformationPyrazolesLigandsProteinsPyrazoles

Identifiers

PMID42343133
PMCPMC13441969

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