AI-Designed Antivenoms: New Proteins to Block Deadly Snake Toxins

AI-Designed Antivenoms: New Proteins to Block Deadly Snake Toxins Plus: Supercharged Nanocages and More. Welcome to Plenty of Room! If you get value out of this newsletter, don’t forget to share with your friends and colleagues: sharing is caring after all! Today I check out an exciting paper using AI protein design to solve a very real problem: snakebites. Plenty of Room is your guide to the cutting-edge news related to molecular machines. Already subscribed? Share with a friend that might find this interesting! It really helps. New here? Just go ahead and subscribe! Let’s get into it now. Antivenoms with AI-designed proteins AI-designed proteins can block toxins contained in the venom of cobras and other snakes. Image credit: Nature. So, I love snakes: I think they are the coolest animals out there. That being said, snakebites are a devastating public health threat in areas like sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America. Snakebite envenoming is classified as a highes ... Read full article.