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  1. ResearchReach 57

    Profluent builds the ‘ChatGPT for CRISPR’ and open-sources it

    Profluent just released OpenCRISPR-1, the world’s first precision gene editor designed from scratch using protein language models. The AI-generated editor performs as well as or better than natural Cas9 in human cells despite carrying over 400 mutations. It signals a shift from hunting for enzymes in nature to designing custom biological tools on demand.

  2. ResearchReach 55

    Salesforce's language model just designed working proteins from scratch

    Salesforce and UC San Francisco researchers used an AI language model called ProGen to create entirely new, functional proteins. Trained on 280 million protein sequences, the model treats amino acids like words in a sentence, producing synthetic enzymes that successfully killed bacteria in lab tests. It turns out generative AI can imitate millions of years of natural evolution in seconds.