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Anthropic's Claude designed protein binders targeting deadly scorpion neurotoxins, with 211 of over 318,000 designs tested in the lab and seventeen meeting the criteria; the two strongest bind tightly to Cn2, a toxin from a Mexican scorpion.
Why it matters: It shows an AI model generating protein designs that worked when tested in a lab, though only a small fraction of the designs met the criteria.
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Anthropic
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- Growth · $65B · 28 May 2026
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Source
“Anthropic's Claude independently designed protein binders targeting deadly scorpion neurotoxins. Out of more than 318,000 designs, 211 were tested in the lab.”
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