A multiple classifier system identifies novel cannabinoid CB2 receptor ligands.

ABSTRACT: Drugs have become an essential part of our lives due to their ability to improve people's health and quality of life. However, for many diseases, approved drugs are not yet available or existing drugs have undesirable side effects, making the pharmaceutical industry strive to discover new drugs and active compounds. The development of drugs is an expensive process, which typically starts with the detection of candidate molecules (screening) after a protein target has been identified. To this end, the use of high-performance screening techniques has become a critical issue in order to palliate the high costs. Therefore, the popularity of computer-based screening (often called virtual screening or in silico screening) has rapidly increased during the last decade. A wide variety of Machine Le

SUBMITTER: Ruano-Ordas D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6836644 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature