CMU Startup Pierogi Therapeutics Uses AI to Accelerate Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Drug Discovery
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Amy Pavlak Laird
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A Carnegie Mellon University startup called Pierogi Therapeutics is using AI and advanced chemistry to accelerate the discovery of cancer drugs, specifically radiopharmaceuticals. Their AI-accelerated computational models can virtually screen large numbers of potential drug candidates before costly lab experiments, addressing a gap in computational tools for designing radiopharmaceutical cancer treatments that use radioactive components to destroy tumors.
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· 3 pulledPierogi Therapeutics’ AI accelerated computational models can virtually screen vast numbers of potential drug candidates before moving into costly and time consuming laboratory experiments.
The company focuses on radiopharmaceuticals, a growing class of cancer treatments that use radioactive components to destroy tumors.
While interest in these therapies is rising, few computational tools exist to help design them, creating an opportunity.
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