{"id":182097,"date":"2024-02-06T02:23:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T08:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/ai-can-design-totally-new-proteins-from-scratch-its-time-to-talk-biosecurity"},"modified":"2024-02-06T02:23:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T08:23:25","slug":"ai-can-design-totally-new-proteins-from-scratch-its-time-to-talk-biosecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/ai-can-design-totally-new-proteins-from-scratch-its-time-to-talk-biosecurity","title":{"rendered":"AI Can Design Totally New Proteins From Scratch\u2014It\u2019s Time to Talk Biosecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/ai-can-design-totally-new-proteins-from-scratch-its-time-to-talk-biosecurity3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two decades ago, engineering designer proteins was a dream.<\/p>\n<p>Now, thanks to AI, custom proteins are a dime a dozen. <a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2023\/04\/24\/this-ai-can-design-complex-proteins-perfectly-tailored-to-our-needs\/\">Made-to-order proteins<\/a> often have specific shapes or components that give them abilities new to nature. From longer-lasting drugs and protein-based vaccines, to greener biofuels and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41929-023-01048-6\">plastic-eating<\/a> proteins, the field is rapidly becoming a transformative technology.<\/p>\n<p>Custom protein design depends on deep learning techniques. With large language models\u2014the AI behind OpenAI\u2019s blockbuster ChatGPT\u2014dreaming up millions of structures beyond human imagination, the library of bioactive designer proteins is set to rapidly expand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two decades ago, engineering designer proteins was a dream. Now, thanks to AI, custom proteins are a dime a dozen. Made-to-order proteins often have specific shapes or components that give them abilities new to nature. From longer-lasting drugs and protein-based vaccines, to greener biofuels and plastic-eating proteins, the field is rapidly becoming a transformative technology. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}