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1American Medical Holdings Inc, Staten Island, NY, USA.
Abstract:
The dynamically evolving science of pharmacology requires AI technology to advance a new path for drug development. The author proposes generative AI for future drugs, identifying suitable drug molecules, uncharacteristically to previous generations of medicines, incorporating the wisdom, experience, and intuit of traditional materia medica and the respective traditional medicine practitioners. This paper describes the guiding principles of the new drug development, springing from the tradition and practice of Tibetan medicine, defined as the Interactive Nutrient Process (INP). The INP provides traditional knowledge and practitioner's experience, contextualizing and teaching the new drug therapy. An illustrative example of the outcome of the INP is a potential small molecule drug, 6-Shogaol and related shogaol derivatives, from ginger roots (Zingiber officinalis fam. Zingiberaceae) evaluated clinically for 12 months for biological markers of iron homeostasis in patients with the myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). The study's preliminary results indicate that 6-Shogaol and related shogaols may improve iron homeostasis in low-risk/intermediate-1 MDS patients without objective or subjective side effects.
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