Citrini Research designs 211 proteins with Claude AI
Financial firm Citrini Research used Anthropic's Claude AI to design 211 proteins, and 17 of them bound to scorpion venom components in lab tests. Whether those designs actually neutralize the toxins remains untested.
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What happened
Citrini Research, a financial firm, used Anthropic's Claude AI to design 211 proteins for lab testing. In those tests, 17 of the designs latched onto scorpion toxins. Whether they block the toxins has not yet been tested.
Why it matters
The firm is now backing life sciences stocks on the strength of this work.
Coverage
- No science background? AI does the lab work (seekingalpha.com)
- Citrini Research is backing life sciences stocks after using Claude to design proteins (qz.com)
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