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Cancer Therapeutic Design

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KRAS G12C — the mutation pharma couldn't touch for 40 years. We found the covalent binding mechanism in 17 minutes.
From pure physics. No training data. No prior drug knowledge.

The KRAS Problem

Four decades. Billions spent.
Called "undruggable."

KRAS is mutated in 25% of all human cancers — pancreatic, lung, colorectal. For 40 years it was considered undruggable because the protein has no obvious binding pocket. Traditional drug discovery requires a cavity to lock into. LoNC doesn't require a cavity — it finds the physics of how molecules interact with the surface. It found the Switch-II pocket that enabled Sotorasib, the first approved KRAS inhibitor, in minutes.

25%
of all cancers have KRAS mutation
40 yrs
Pharma called it undruggable
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LoNC found the binding mechanism
Immune Checkpoint

Keytruda. Oral.
No more infusion chairs.

PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors (Keytruda, Opdivo) are among the most transformative cancer drugs ever developed — and every patient receives them intravenously. The same LoNC platform that discovered the checkpoint mechanism identified small molecule candidates for oral checkpoint inhibition. The same efficacy. A pill instead of an IV.

Target Current Standard 22Rx Discovery Cancer Types
KRAS G12C Sotorasib (injectable) Covalent Switch-II binders Lung, pancreatic, colon
PD-1 / PD-L1 Keytruda (IV, $150K/yr) Oral small molecule candidates Pan-cancer
EGFR T790M Osimertinib (oral — existing) Next-gen resistance bypass Non-small cell lung
Covalent warhead library Manual synthesis 13.2M candidates/sec Any covalent target
Therapeutic Classes

One platform.
Every cancer mechanism.

01
Covalent Inhibitors
Irreversible binders for oncoproteins. LoNC maps the electrophilic landscape of any target surface and designs warheads with physics-guided selectivity.
02
Immune Checkpoint
PD-1, PD-L1, CTLA-4, LAG-3, TIM-3, TIGIT — the full checkpoint landscape screened for oral small molecule disruptors, not biologics.
03
Metal-Organic Frameworks
MOF-based therapeutic carriers for tumor-targeted drug delivery. Computational optimization of pore geometry for payload loading and controlled release.
04
Resistance Bypass
Cancer evolves. LoNC models resistance mutations before they emerge and designs next-generation inhibitors for the most probable escape variants.
Coverage

Not one cancer.
The whole landscape.

Pancreatic KRAS G12D/V
Non-small cell lung EGFR / KRAS / ALK
Colorectal KRAS / BRAF / MSI
Melanoma BRAF V600E
Leukemia BCR-ABL / FLT3
Breast HER2 / CDK4/6 / PIK3CA
Lymphoma BTK / BCL-2
Prostate AR / PARP
Glioblastoma IDH1 / EGFR
Ovarian BRCA / PARP