AI Designed Drugs
By the end of 2026, the first drug a machine designed from scratch is meant to enter a human body. The numbers behind AI-designed drugs, and what they prove.
Medicine & Drug Discovery
Gene Writers
AI models trained on 9.3 trillion DNA base pairs are now writing novel genomes – and the first AI-designed viruses already outperform their natural ancestors.
Lab Mind
FutureHouse’s Robin read 551 papers, formed a hypothesis, and identified a blindness treatment — on its own. The closed-loop AI scientist is no longer theoretical.
Robin Macular Degeneration AI
FutureHouse’s Robin AI autonomously identified ripasudil as a novel treatment for dry macular degeneration — the leading cause of blindness — in 2.5 months.
The Second Job
Hormone-sensitive lipase was supposed to release stored fat. Researchers found it inside fat cell nuclei doing something else entirely — and its absence causes the opposite of obesity.
The Grown Throat
Scientists at Great Ormond Street Hospital grew a functional oesophagus from a child’s own cells. It restored swallowing with no immunosuppression.
The Sleeping Switch
Scientists found SP8 and SP6 genes that control limb regeneration in axolotls and mice. FGF8 gene therapy has partially restored regrowth. The same genes sit dormant in humans.
What Chemo Leaves Behind
After chemotherapy ends, some cancer cells stop dividing but refuse to die. Their inflammatory signals fuel recurrence. Scientists have found their weakness.
Beyond AlphaFold
AlphaFold decoded protein shapes. Now a new generation of AI doesn’t just read biology – it writes it, designing custom protein binders that can target almost any disease.
When the Body Turns
78% of autoimmune patients are women. New research into the X chromosome is finally revealing why – and why it took so long to ask.
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