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Aug 18 2026

Claude autonomously designs protein binders that hit 14 of 15 wet-lab-tested targets, running 24-to-48-hour campaigns against 16 targets with no human design decisions.

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Per-design success ran 22-35% against a typical 10-15%, with binders tested independently by Adaptyv Bio and Twist Bioscience and the dataset released on .

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