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Computer model offers more control over protein design
Read more: Computer model offers more control over protein designNew approach generates a wider variety of protein sequences optimized to bind to drug targets. Designing synthetic proteins that can act as drugs for cancer or other diseases can be a tedious process: It generally involves creating a library of millions of proteins, then screening the library to find proteins that bind the correct target.…
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Our microbes are starving, and that’s a good thing
Read more: Our microbes are starving, and that’s a good thingHigh-protein diet, antibiotics make gut a festering swamp. Each of us is only half human. The other half is microbial. Trillions of viruses, fungi, bacteria and other microscopic organisms coat our skin and line our vital organs. We depend on these microbial communities, collectively known as our microbiome, to digest food, synthesize vitamins, bolster immune…
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Regina Barzilay, James Collins, and Phil Sharp join leadership of new effort on machine learning in health
Read more: Regina Barzilay, James Collins, and Phil Sharp join leadership of new effort on machine learning in healthPhotMacArthur "geniuses" in machine learning and synthetic biology to serve as faculty co-leads; Nobel laureate to chair advisory board of new reasearch center. Regina Barzilay and James Collins have been named the faculty co-leads of the Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health, or J-Clinic, effective immediately, announced Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of the…
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