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Making a “Miracle” HIV Medicine
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Kamal Nahas
Lenacapavir — a long-acting, injectable drug — may be our strongest tool yet to curb HIV, provided it reaches those who need it most.
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Evo 2 Can Design Entire Genomes
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Eryney Marrogi and Niko McCarty
A new AI model for biology, released today by Arc Institute and NVIDIA, can predict which mutations within a gene are likely to be harmful and even design small, eukaryotic genomes.
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AI-Designed Enzymes
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Abhishaike Mahajan & Eryney Marrogi
Researchers at the Institute for Protein Design have made a computationally-designed, multi-step enzyme.
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A Writing Fellowship on Scientific Progress
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Works in Progress and Asimov Press are launching a paid six-month fellowship.
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The Making of a Gene Circuit
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Nehal Udyavar & Niko McCarty
A brief history of the repressilator, a genetic circuit that gave rise to synthetic biology.
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A Search for Sick Animals
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Trevor Klee
A 2020 study suggests that monkeys can develop Parkinson’s, just like humans. Why haven't the findings been duplicated, and what will it take to find more “natural” animal models?
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Ending HIV
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Kamal Nahas