A molecular glue earns its shape in the cell
VAV1 degraders connect a predicted protein interface to chemical changes and cellular measurements—and show why better degradation can change the selectivity question.
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What counts as progress when small changes already work?
A measured survey of close analogues gives AI-assisted medicinal chemistry a tougher comparator: accessible chemistry can improve potency while exposure properties move the other way.
Count the compounds before the hit rate
Nine synthesized A2A ligands make a useful case for reporting the choices between a generated library and an experimental claim.
An activity cliff is not a direction of travel
A 2026 preprint separates finding a sensitive molecular position from predicting a beneficial substitution.
A macrocycle can fit before it can travel
RFpeptides provides measured binders and structural confirmation. Permeability remains a separate design question.
A potency gain needs a chemical history
A MAGL optimization study joins reaction prediction to compound design. Its most useful record is the route from a proposed substitution to a measured series.
The selectivity counterexample belongs in the story
A PARP design study reports a selective compound and another with the opposite preference. Both deserve a place in the optimization record.
When solubility prediction needs a better measurement
An organic-solvent study makes the quality of the test data part of the model-performance story.
Teaching a language model to carry potency across scaffolds
A new Sanofi study turns examples from established chemical series into compounds tested at the bench. Its value emerges in the relationship between prompting, selection and measured inhibition.
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