Generative Flow Network for Designing Novel Antimicrobial Peptides Targeting Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria with Predicted Low Toxicity to Human Cells

cirpublications.com-hejI-1792244958-m899132055 1792244958 Clinical Intelligence Research Press info@cirpublications.com Clinical Intelligence Research Press Journal of Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Systems J. Artif. Intell. Healthc. Syst. 3149-8981 2026 5 1 Generative Flow Network for Designing Novel Antimicrobial Peptides Targeting Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria with Predicted Low Toxicity to Human Cells Oliver Schmidt Lukas Weber Jonas Richter 2026 10.68159/m899132055 https://cirpublications.com/pub/journal/1/article/m899132055 Capecchi A, Cai X, Personne H, Köhler T, van Delden C, Reymond JL, et al. Machine learning designs non-hemolytic antimicrobial peptides. Chem Sci. 2021;12(26):9221-32. Nagarajan D, Nagarajan T, Roy N, Kulkarni O, Ravichandran S, Mishra M, et al. Computational antimicrobial peptide design and evaluation against multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of bacteria. J Biol Chem. 2018;293(10):3492-509. 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