Claude Designs Scorpion-Toxin Binders; 17 of 211 Lab-Tested Candidates Bind Targets
Anthropic reports an exploratory protein-design campaign in which Claude generated candidate minibinders against five scorpion neurotoxins, producing over 318,000 designs. From 211 designs sent for laboratory testing, 17 met the company's predefined binding criteria, with Adaptyv Bio and Twist Bioscience carrying out the experiments. The work involved about 64 hours of runtime and four follow-up prompts, with researchers supervising and selecting designs. Anthropic emphasizes that the results concern binding only and do not show that the molecules neutralize toxins in cells or animals. The company explicitly states it has not created an antivenom.
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