Nature biomedical engineering

DeepDrugDiscovery finds substances that boost cell cleaning and can cross into the brain for Alzheimer's disease

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Abstract

Essence

DeepDrugDiscovery prioritized brain-penetrant, mTOR-independent autophagy enhancers that improved Alzheimer's disease model phenotypes.

Evidence

A platform and preclinical validation study combined AI screening with worm and mouse Alzheimer's disease model tests of two lead compounds for blood-brain barrier crossing, aggregate clearance, and memory restoration.

Caveat

The evidence remains from computational screening plus animal disease models, not human clinical testing of efficacy, dosing, or safety.

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