Mindbytes Sep 30, 2026 Phrontline Begins Human Trial of Dual-Payload Cancer Drug TJ102 combines two tumour targets and two drug payloads in an early-stage study that will assess safety and preliminary activity. Linsey Smith 1 min read
Mindbytes Sep 30, 2026 DeepMind Gives AI-Designed Proteins a Hidden Signature Could AI-designed proteins carry a hidden signature? Google DeepMind’s SynthID Bio embeds detectable watermarks that survived laboratory testing while preserving biological activity, opening a path to tracking their origins. gizmo guru 1 min read
News Sep 18, 2026 Software scientists form a virtual drug company and sketch a cancer treatment Artificial intelligence programs reviewed tens of thousands of human drug studies, found a pattern tied to success, and proposed a lung cancer design later taken up by a manufacturer. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Sep 30, 2026 Anthropic's AI enzyme discovery faces originality questions amid pattern of disputed claims Anthropic announced that its AI model Claude discovered a novel CRISPR-like enzyme system in just 21 hours, a task that might have taken humans months. However, a computational biologist at the University of Copenhagen claims he identified the same proteins a year earlier, raising concerns that this may be part of a broader pattern of disputed AI research claims. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Sep 11, 2026 An AI-designed lung drug enters clinical trial after a hint of rejuvenation Rentosertib, built with generative AI for scarred lungs, starts a year-long study after protein clocks suggested treated patients looked biologically younger. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Sep 10, 2026 An AI-designed lung drug lowers biological age scores in a small trial Six independent protein-based aging clocks moved younger in forty-two patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, with the strongest signal at four weeks on a mid-range dose. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Sep 1, 2026 Nanoparticles help new neurons form in Alzheimer’s models A polymer nanogel crossed into the brain, lowered one protein in support cells, and produced working neurons plus better memory in mice. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Mindbytes Aug 10, 2026 AI Creates 16 Never-Before-Seen Viruses Scientists used AI to generate 16 viable viruses not found in nature, marking a first that experts say demands urgent safeguards against dual-use risks. Linsey Smith 1 min read
News Aug 20, 2026 Personalized mRNA vaccine improves outcomes after melanoma surgery A custom treatment built from each patient's tumor mutations, given with an existing immunotherapy, met its main goals in a large late-stage study and relies on computational ranking of targets. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Mindbytes Aug 19, 2026 Engineered Probiotic Shrinks Pancreatic Tumors in Mice University of Chicago scientists rewired Bifidobacterium longum to pump SumIL-2 inside tumors, suppressing pancreatic cancer growth in mouse models. Linsey Smith 1 min read