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Defense-Forward Biosecurity

Codon

Allison Berke makes the case for real-time DNA sequencing and AI tools to detect pathogens before they spread widely. Reading DNA The first step in detecting a novel pathogen is recognizing it as an anomaly amidst a noisy background of other material. After copying the DNA to form a big pool, each piece is sequenced.

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Reaching cruising altitude: New discovery tools to target RNA

Dark Matter Blog

The majority of small molecule drugs induce their therapeutic effects by seeking out and binding to their intended target while avoiding most other molecules in the dense milieu of the cell interior. Our overall mission at Arrakis is to expand the set of “druggable” targets for small-molecule medicines to include RNA.

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AI At The Frontier: Empowering Early Career Professionals In Drug Discovery

Elrig

With a background in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, she has a keen interest in using technology to solve problems in healthcare and medicine. There, I supported AI-enabled DD efforts in their small molecule portfolio. Bioinformatics is all about bringing together different areas of knowledge.

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Biopharma Executive Perspectives on 2021

The Pharma Data

I actually think neuroscience is going to heat up in 2021,” said Ben Zeskind , co-founder and CEO of Immuneering , which is using bioinformatics and computational biology to develop new drugs in this space, along with oncology and immuno-oncology. In a boone for Slonim’s research focus, the year 2020 has made this molecule a household name.

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Codon Digest: GPT-4 Controls a Robot

Codon

Short DNA strands were discovered that can specifically and tightly bind to zinc and cadmium ions. Perhaps there is now a way to use DNA to extract metals: You could fuse the DNA strands to an antibody, coat them onto electronics, and then use a column to isolate the DNA:metal compounds? BMC Bioinformatics. Mansilla S.F.