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ArticlemAbs2025

How to think about designing smart antibodies in the age of genAI: integrating biology, technology, and experience.

Andrew Buchanan, Eric Bennett, Rebecca Croasdale-Wood, Andreas Evers, Brian Fennell, Norbert Furtmann, Konrad Krawczyk, Sandeep Kumar, Christopher James Langmead, Melody Shahsavarian and 1 more

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Article in mAbs, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Andrew BuchananBiologics Engineering, AstraZeneca R&D, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5191-7682
Eric BennettBioMedicine Design, Pfizer Research & Development, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Rebecca Croasdale-WoodBiologics Engineering, AstraZeneca R&D, Cambridge, UK.
Andreas EversAntibody Discovery & Protein Engineering, Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Brian FennellBiomedicine Design, Pfizer Research & Development, Dublin, Ireland.
Norbert FurtmannR&D Large Molecules Research Platform, Sanofi Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany.
Konrad KrawczykNaturalAntibody, Szczecin, Poland.
Sandeep KumarMolecule Design and Modelling, Moderna Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Christopher James LangmeadCenter for Research Acceleration by Digital Innovation, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA.
Melody ShahsavarianBiotherapeutics Discovery Research, Eli Lilly & Company, San Diego, CA, USA.
Christine Elaine TinbergLarge Molecule Discovery & Research Data Science, Amgen, South San Francisco, CA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibody discovery has been successful in designing and progressing molecules to the clinic and market based on largely empirical methods and human experience. The field is now transitioning from classical monospecific antibodies to innovative smart biologics that employ diverse mechanisms of action, such as targeting, antagonism, agonism, and target-independent function. This evolution is being assisted, augmented, and potentially disrupted by artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) technologies. This perspective is focused on bringing clarity to the strategy and thinking that is required when designing antibody drug candidates and how emerging AI/ML strategies can address the real-world challenges of drug discovery and continue to improve performance.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalDrug DesignDrug DiscoveryAnimalsArtificial IntelligenceHumansMachine LearningAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodyartificial intelligencecandidate drugmachine learning

Identifiers

PMID40211100
PMCPMC11999353

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