Drug Discovery

How Claude designed protein binders against scorpion neurotoxins

Anthropic describes asking an internal research Claude model, with prompts developed alongside Citrini Research, to design minibinders against scorpion neurotoxins as a step toward antivenom. Adaptyv Bio and Twist Bioscience tested 211 designs for binding and 17 met the criteria; the post covers the workflow, results, remaining steps to a treatment, and the open release of all designs and data.

Research · Protein Design · Drug Discovery · Artificial Intelligence · Life Sciences