{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67105af848726944170ab1fe/6a43ffd875e7a3e961c87b32?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Michael Antonov: From Virtual World Builder to Real-World Drug Designer","description":"<p>AI is transforming biomedical research, but meaningful advances in drug discovery require more than just increasingly powerful algorithms—they depend on combining machine learning with physics-based simulations, mechanistic models, and rigorous experimental validation. In this episode of <em>Behind the Breakthroughs</em>, Michael Antonov, co-founder of Oculus and computational drug discovery company Deep Origin, shares a pragmatic perspective on AI's opportunities and limitations in medicine, explaining where it is accelerating innovation and why human expertise and experimental science remain indispensable.</p><p><br></p><p>Produced and hosted by Jonathan D. Grinstein, PhD</p><p>Audio mixed and mastered by Erick Ziegler</p><p>Brought to you by Inside Precision Medicine (SAGE Publishing)</p>","author_name":"Inside Precision Medicine"}