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ArticleComputational and structural biotechnology journal2026

Generative Chemistry Platform for Small Molecules Targeting RNA: A Case Study for Chemical Optimization.

Timothy E H Allen, Susan M Boyd, Maurinne Bonnet, Rabia T Khan

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Article in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Timothy E H AllenSerna Bio, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7369-0901
Susan M BoydCompChem Solutions Ltd., Cambridge, UK.
Maurinne BonnetBiointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5469-9486
Rabia T KhanSerna Bio, San Francisco, CA, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We introduce the Serna Bio GenAI platform, a generative chemistry and multiparametric optimization platform for the design of RNA-targeting small molecules. Targeting RNA with small molecules has proven historically challenging but offers notable potential upsides, including access to unique mechanisms of action and the ability to target otherwise untargetable genes. We consider a major challenge here to be designing chemistry specific to RNA-targeting. Molecular design is a valuable application of artificial intelligence in drug discovery, but many publicly available models use training data focused on protein-targeting-the modality best historically explored in drug discovery. We showcase the difference and value in building a specifically RNA-targeting platform, comparing its performance to state-of-the-art public chemical generators, and experimentally validating its chemical designs in comparison to chemistry designed by a human expert.

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PMID42724149
PMCPMC13558819

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