Researchers have successfully designed two proteins to neutralize some of the most lethal venom toxins ... enabled by rapidly improving AI, and also an exciting practical advance in medicine ...

Artificial intelligence could take the bite out of snake venom. Using AI, scientists have designed proteins that say not so fassst to toxins wielded by cobras and other venomous snakes.

Following Nobel Prize-winning chemist David Baker’s recipe for cooking an antidote to cobra venom using artificial ...

It has been a few years since AI began successfully tackling the challenge of predicting the three-dimensional structure of proteins, complex molecules that are essential for all life. Next ...

Details of the work are published in a Nature paper titled, “De novo designed proteins neutralize lethal snake venom toxins ... on the computer using AI-powered software, we dramatically ...

Snake venom contains a variety of toxins ... fit perfectly into the three beta-sheet structure. They then used an AI package called 'ProteinMPNN' to identify the amino acid sequences that had ...

The duo used a generative AI model called RFdiffusion to create custom proteins, and they later tested the proteins in a lab experiment where they injected mice with venom and used the AI-designed ...

AI antivenom achieved an astounding 100 percent success rate in neutralizing lethal cobra venom. David Baker, the 2024 Nobel Laureate in chemistry, led the study and development of this AI ...

While not yet protecting against full snake venom—which is a complex mixture of different toxins unique to each snake species—the AI-generated molecules provide full protection from lethal ...