article Drug Discovery

Integrating QSAR modelling and deep learning in drug discovery: the emergence of deep QSAR

Alexander Tropsha, Olexandr Isayev, Alexandre Varnek, Gisbert Schneider, Artem Cherkasov

Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. Vol. 23 (2) pp. 141–155 2024

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@article{Tropsha2024,
  author = {Tropsha, Alexander and Isayev, Olexandr and Varnek, Alexandre and Schneider, Gisbert and Cherkasov, Artem},
  title = {Integrating QSAR modelling and deep learning in drug discovery: the emergence of deep QSAR},
  year = {2024},
  journal = {Nat. Rev. Drug Discov.},
  volume = {23},
  number = {2},
  pages = {141--155},
  doi = {10.1038/s41573-023-00832-0},
  keywords = {QSAR, deep learning, drug discovery},
  researchAreas = {drug-discovery},
  researchArea = {drug-discovery},
  featured = {true}
}

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