Daily briefing: New AI drug-discovery engine is 'on the scale of an AlphaFold4'

Daily briefing: New AI drug-discovery engine is 'on the scale of an AlphaFold4'

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Science · February 24, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 280 words

Rhododendron-derived drugs now made by bacteria

• E. coli engineered to synthesize rhododendron-derived compounds with anticancer, anti-HIV, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory properties. • Kobe University’s rational design strateg

Science · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 133 words
Repurposing Protein Folding Models for Generation with Latent Diffusion

Repurposing Protein Folding Models for Generation with Latent Diffusion

• PLAID uses latent diffusion to generate protein 1D sequences and 3D structures simultaneously. • It learns from protein folding models’ latent space, enabling multimodal co‑gener

Research & Labs · April 8, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 194 words