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A large China-based collaboration released Pinal, an AI tool that turns natural language prompts into functional protein designs, while Hugging Face launched a similar tool for DNA-level genome design—bringing 'vibe coding' style accessibility to protein and genome engineering.
MODS is a modular framework for multi-objective protein optimization using inference-time diffusion steering with Chebyshev scalarization and fitness-surrogate ensembles, achieving competitive hypervolume across six protein design tasks without retraining the generative model.
诺贝尔奖得主、CRISPR 共同发明人 Jennifer Doudna 在访谈中探讨人工智能在科学研究中的作用与影响。
MIT Technology Review's daily newsletter covering revived frozen pig kidneys for transplantation, efforts to boost nuclear power plant output for data centers, Ukraine's Starlink speed limit disputes, and an OpenAI espionage incident.
本文提出 PIDiff，一种联合离散序列空间与 SE(3) 结构流形扩散的多模态框架，用于蛋白质-蛋白质复合物设计，并提出 PIFormer 架构与 PIBench 数据集，在 minibinder 和抗体设计任务上超越基线方法。
MIT Lincoln Laboratory hosted the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) for a national roadshow stop, convening stakeholders to discuss how Massachusetts' biotech ecosystem can strengthen U.S. biodefense capabilities amid Chinese competition.
研究人员成功将80岁老年供体的血细胞重编程为干细胞，其分子层面的年龄特征降至20岁以下，显示细胞重编程可大幅逆转生物学年龄。
研究人员利用生成式AI设计蛋白质，并从31,565个基因组中筛选出数千个PiggyBac转座酶家族成员，其中一个AI设计变体使培养细胞中的靶向DNA插入效率翻倍，扩展了基因编辑工具集。
2026年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖授予Karl Deisseroth、Peter Hegemann和Georg Nagel，以表彰他们在光遗传学（optogenetics）上的开创性发现——利用光精确控制神经元活动，为大脑测绘和神经疾病研究开辟了新途径。
Elad Gil reacts to the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine being awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for optogenetics, noting how biology has felt slow since CRISPR and speculating AI-driven closed-loop automation could accelerate it.
A magazine feature argues that existing genetic-engineering technologies, such as Oxitec's self-limiting lethal-gene mosquitoes, can eliminate mosquito-borne diseases in the United States, but deployment has been stalled in regulatory limbo for fifteen years.
Roche, a major pharmaceutical company, is outlining its strategic plans to develop and implement autonomous AI laboratories for research and development.
This article reviews and compares popular at-home pet DNA test kits for cats and dogs, evaluating their accuracy, health insights, and overall value for pet owners.
A drug blocking the USAG-1 protein has completed Phase I trials for regrowing human teeth, with Phase IIa planned for children with congenital tooth loss, potentially revolutionizing dental treatments by replacing dentures and implants.
New research indicates that transplanted hearts in mice and humans adopt the biological age of the recipient, challenging the concept that young organs could rejuvenate recipients or extend lifespan.
The article recounts the 2013 debut of the first lab-grown burger and examines the subsequent growth and challenges in the cellular agriculture industry, questioning its potential to revolutionize food production.
At the UN Security Council, Dario Amodei announced that Claude AI discovered a new gene-editing mechanism through autonomous literature review and experimental design, with human-verified laboratory experiments.
Anthropic used 950 Claude agents for 21 hours to find a candidate protein for gene editing, potentially a new CRISPR-like mechanism, highlighting the rapid advancement of AI in scientific research.
Dario Amodei announced that Claude, an AI model, discovered a molecular machine that could be a new gene editing mechanism, though its significance is not yet clear.
Pioneer Labs announced a microbe engineered for Mars that can extract nutrients from the environment to produce building materials, marking the first of five organisms planned for greening the planet.