Claude designs protein binders against scorpion neurotoxins in lab tests
AIAnthropic's Claude autonomously generated 318,484 protein binder designs against five toxins from four scorpion species, and 17 of 211 lab-tested designs met the binder criteria. The two strongest bound tightly to Cn2, a Mexican scorpion toxin, at or near the site of an antibody that neutralizes it in mice.
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The Decoder · Manuel Uth · the-decoder.comPublished · added here
Original title: Claude Science tackles deadly scorpion stings by designing protein binders from scratch