Computational Drug Repurposing in the Era of Multimodal Data and Artificial Intelligence

Computational Drug Repurposing in the Era of Multimodal Data and Artificial Intelligence

Computational Drug Repurposing in the Era of Multimodal Data and Artificial Intelligence

https://www.nature.com/collections/faheahbdeg

Publish Date: 2026-04-30 01:45:00

Source Domain: www.nature.com

  • Drug repurposing leverages existing safety, pharmacokinetic data, and manufacturing information to rapidly develop new treatments, reducing timelines and costs compared to traditional drug discovery.

  • The field of computational drug repurposing is being revolutionized by the integration of multimodal biomedical data with advanced AI and machine learning technologies.

  • Topics of interest in this rapidly evolving field include integrating various types of data, using AI for drug-disease association prediction, knowledge graph construction, causal inference, explainable AI, legal and regulatory considerations, clinical case studies, and benchmarking tools.

  • This Special Collection in npj Digital Medicine aims to highlight cutting-edge research and thought leadership in the intersection of computational drug repurposing, multimodal data science, and AI, encouraging contributions that have clinical relevance and address health disparities and complex diseases.

  • It serves as a resource for researchers, clinicians, data scientists, pharmaceutical developers, and policymakers looking to use multimodal data and AI to enhance therapeutic innovation and ensure equitable drug repurposing.