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LLM agents guide evolutionary molecular design for drug discovery

Researchers have developed "My Chemical Harness," a novel framework for molecular design that integrates large language models (LLMs) with evolutionary algorithms. This system uses LLMs as high-level strategy controllers, guiding the search for synthetic pathways rather than directly generating molecules. The framework ensures that generated pathways are executable using deterministic chemistry tools and are scored by molecular oracles, preventing LLM-induced hallucinations. This approach achieved state-of-the-art performance on a soluble epoxide hydrolase proxy task, demonstrating the potential of constrained LLM agents in molecular discovery without requiring extensive training. AI

IMPACT This approach could accelerate drug discovery by enabling more efficient and reliable generation of novel molecules with feasible synthetic routes.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · C\'esar Ojeda, Darius A. Faroughy, Maryam Karimi, Payam Zarrintaj, Mir Mehdi Seyedebrahimi, Mart\'in Carballo-Pacheco ·

    My Chemical Harness: Evolutionary Molecular Design over Synthetic Pathways with Large Language Model Agents

    arXiv:2606.11256v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Designing molecules with target properties is most useful when candidate structures are accompanied by feasible synthetic routes. We introduce My Chemical Harness, a route-native evolutionary framework for goal-directed molecular …

  2. arXiv cs.NE (Neural & Evolutionary) TIER_1 English(EN) · Martín Carballo-Pacheco ·

    My Chemical Harness: Evolutionary Molecular Design over Synthetic Pathways with Large Language Model Agents

    Designing molecules with target properties is most useful when candidate structures are accompanied by feasible synthetic routes. We introduce My Chemical Harness, a route-native evolutionary framework for goal-directed molecular design in which the search population consists of …