Generative Adversarial Network for Drug Screening

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Solution Overview

Problem

The drug development process is lengthy and costly due to challenges in optimizing complex compound structures using simulation software and expert experience, leading to a low success rate in lead compound optimization.

Innovation Solution

A drug-screening system and method utilizing a generative adversarial network to encode drug expressions and ranking indicators, generating candidate drugs with generative expressions and ranking indicators, and ranking their strengths to accelerate and reduce the drug development process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If simulation software or expert experience is used for lead compound optimization, then the process can handle complex compound structures, but the design takes much time and the success rate is low

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesuccess rateVSAvoiddesign time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional simulation software and expert experience (mechanical/manual systems) with an AI-based generative adversarial network system. The GAN automatically generates and optimizes compound structures through machine learning, eliminating the need for time-consuming simulation software operations and expert manual analysis, thereby reducing design time while improving success rate through automated intelligent optimization

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the optimization parameters by using AI-generated compound structures with optimized molecular properties instead of traditional simulation parameters. The system learns from training data to generate compounds with desired pharmacological properties, transforming the optimization process from manual parameter adjustment to automated parameter optimization based on learned patterns, thus improving both speed and success rate

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If traditional drug development process is used, then comprehensive evaluation can be conducted, but the process takes much time and expense

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevaluation accuracyVSAvoiddevelopment time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary action by pre-training the generative adversarial network with extensive drug structure and property data before actual drug development. This pre-training phase allows the AI system to learn optimal compound structures and properties in advance, so that during the actual drug development process, the system can quickly generate and evaluate candidate compounds without requiring time-consuming traditional testing and evaluation for each new compound

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses copying by generating virtual copies of drug compounds through the GAN model. Instead of physically synthesizing and testing every possible compound variant, the system creates digital representations and evaluations of candidate compounds, allowing comprehensive evaluation of multiple variants simultaneously in silico before selecting the most promising candidates for physical testing, thereby reducing both time and cost while maintaining evaluation accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS11664094B2Drug-screening system and drug-screening method
Publication Date: 2023.05.30 IND TECH RES INST
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AI summary

A drug-screening system includes an encoding module, a candidate-drug generating module and a drug-ranking module. The encoding module is configured to encode a drug expression and at least one drug-ranking indicator to generate a first encoding variable. The candidate-drug generating module is configured to train a generative adversarial network according to the first encoding variable to generate a plurality of candidate drugs, wherein each of the candidate drugs has a generative drug expression and at least one generative drug-ranking indicator. The drug-ranking module is configured to rank strengths of the candidate drugs according to the generative drug-ranking indicator of each of the candidate drugs.