Claude designs protein binders against scorpion neurotoxins, with 17 of 211 lab-confirmed
AIAnthropic says its internal research model, given a prompt and four follow-ups, designed protein binders against scorpion neurotoxins over 64 hours. Adaptyv Bio and Twist Bioscience tested 211 designs, and 17 met the binding criteria, all against a single toxin, none against several.
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The report shows how a lab-tested AI design campaign went from 211 designs to 17 binders, and where binding falls short of an antivenom.
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Original title: How Claude designed protein binders against scorpion neurotoxins