Includes cutting-edge techniques

Provides step-by-step detail for reproducible results

Contains key implementation advice from the experts

Current and Future Challenges in Modern Drug Discovery.- QM Implementation in Drug Design: Does It Really Help?.- Guiding Medicinal Chemistry with Fragment Molecular Orbital (FMO) Method.- Analyzing Interactions with the Fragment Molecular Orbital Method.- Underappreciated Chemical Interactions in Protein-Ligand Complexes.- Geometry Optimization, Transition State Search, and Reaction Path Mapping Accomplished with the Fragment Molecular Orbital Method.- Taking Water into Account with the Fragment Molecular Orbital Method.- Computational Methods for Biochemical Simulations Implemented in GAMESS.- QM in Seconds with the Fragment Molecular Orbital and Density-Functional Tight-Binding Methods.- Protein Molecular Dynamics Simulations with Approximate QM: What Can We Learn?.- Analyzing GPCR-Ligand Interactions with the Fragment Molecular Orbital (FMO) Method.- Characterizing Rhodopsin-Arrestin Interactions with the Fragment Molecular Orbital (FMO) Method.- Characterizing Protein-Protein Interactions with the Fragment Molecular Orbital Method.- Conformational Searching with Quantum Mechanics.- User-Friendly Quantum Mechanics: Applications for Drug Discovery.- Binding Free Energy Calculation Using Quantum Mechanics Aimed for Drug Lead Optimization.- Molecular Docking Using Quantum Mechanical-Based Methods.- QM Calculations in ADMET Prediction.- Design and SAR Analysis of Covalent Inhibitors Driven by Hybrid QM/MM Simulations.- What's Next for Quantum Mechanics in Structure-Based Drug Discovery?.