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Anthropic says any lab can now let a language model agent run the whole protein design stack

Anthropic had its Claude models design small proteins on their own that dock onto target structures in the body, a key step in early drug development. The hit rate reached up to 35 percent, far above the industry average of 10 to 15 percent. Claude only steered existing specialized tools, and an independent review is still pending. The article Anthropic s...

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Anthropic says any lab can now let a language model agent run the whole protein design stack: Anthropic had its Claude models design small proteins on their own that dock onto target structures in the body, a key step in early drug development. The hit rate reached up to 35 percent, far above the industry average of 10 to 15 percent. Claude only steered existing specialized tools, and an independent review is still pending. The article Anthropic s...

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