arXiv Machine Learning September 17, 2026 By Asal Mehradfar, Mohammad Shahab Sepehri, Owen Antholine, Varun Shankar, Glen S. Kwon, Salman Avestimehr, Morteza Rasoulianboroujeni

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The study presents an interpretable machine‑learning framework that predicts whether lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) accumulate in the liver or in extrahepatic tissues after intravenous injection. Using a curated dataset of 476 LNP formulations, the authors engineered 808 features from lipid chemistry and formulation composition, and achieved ROC‑AUC scores up to 0.874 with tree‑based models. SHAP analysis identified ionizable‑lipid descriptors and formulation fractions—especially ionizable lipid, sterol, and PEGylated/polymer‑conjugated lipid components—as key drivers of biodistribution, offering actionable design principles for targeting tissues beyond the liver.

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