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Gaming Whiz Brings AI Smarts To Drug Discovery

Machine Learning Opens Windows On New Disease Targets

 
• By Eleanor Malone

GlamorousAI is developing technology to uncover new targets and take on previously intractable disease challenges. Founder Noor Shaker hopes to license a drug to big pharma within the next three years.

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Gaming expert Noor Shaker doubles down on drug discovery quest • Source: Shutterstock

Entrepreneur Noor Shaker only moved into health care in 2017, after pursuing an academic career in computer science and artificial intelligence that focused on gaming and adaptive artificial intelligence (AI). She is already making her mark. Her latest start-up, GlamorousAI, was launched into the coronavirus pandemic and quickly established a collaboration with Cardiff University in the UK to design a novel compound to treat COVID-19. The five-person firm is also working on additional projects with academic, biotech and pharma partners. 

“I believe AI can actually change how we do drug discovery in terms of efficiencies and acceleration – bringing cures to patients faster, cheaper and more efficaciously. And I believe...

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