The year 2020 was a watershed moment for many reasons, but notably, it cast a light on the pervasive health and social inequities that have long marred the U.S. The COVID-19 pandemic hit diverse populations disproportionately hard, as Deloitte and others have noted. Additionally, the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others provoked…

Machine learning algorithms, such as Alphabet’s neural network-based model AlphaFold2, are steadily transforming medical research, shedding light on complex biological structures. A recent case in point involves research using the technology to explore the Commander complex, a 16-protein complex crucial for cellular protein transport processes. This complex is not only vital for normal cellular function,…

“Can we treat chronic inflammation in ulcerative colitis by reversing immune cell activation in colonic mucosa?” That’s an example of a biological question that the AI-enabled drug discovery firm BenevolentAI (AMS:BAI) would ask when exploring a new drug target. Incorporating a disease, sign, mechanism and tissue into a single question provides focal points for the…