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New diffusion models advance structure-based drug design for single and dual targets

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Researchers have developed two new diffusion models for structure-based drug design. PocketVE, presented in arXiv cs.LG, is a protein-pocket-conditioned framework that enhances molecular property guidance and geometric stability for single-target design. FuseDiff, also detailed in arXiv cs.LG, is designed for dual-target drug design, jointly generating a ligand and two pocket-specific binding poses while preserving symmetry and topological consistency. AI

IMPACT These models represent advancements in AI-driven drug discovery, potentially accelerating the design of more effective and targeted therapeutics.

RANK_REASON Two research papers introducing novel diffusion models for drug design.

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New diffusion models advance structure-based drug design for single and dual targets

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Peining Zhang, Jinbo Bi ·

    PocketVE: Stable and Property-Guided Structure-Based Drug Design with Variance-Exploding Diffusion

    arXiv:2609.08101v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Protein-conditioned 3D molecule generation is a central challenge in structure-based drug design, requiring a balance between pocket compatibility, molecular properties, and physical geometry. We propose \textbf{PocketVE}, a prote…

  2. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Jianliang Wu, Anjie Qiao, Zhen Wang, Zhewei Wei, Sheng Chen ·

    FuseDiff: Symmetry-Preserving Joint Diffusion for Dual-Target Structure-Based Drug Design

    arXiv:2603.05567v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Dual-target structure-based drug design aims to generate a single ligand together with two pocket-specific binding poses, each compatible with a corresponding target pocket, enabling polypharmacological therapies with improved e…

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