Profluence is at the forefront of biopharmaceutical innovation, incorporating key elements into its approach. The startup is focused on protein-centric artificial intelligence and believes its large linguistic models (LLMs) can significantly expand the ability of CRISPR gene editing tools to develop new treatments. To prove its point, Profluence released its work to the public for free under an open source license. The initiative, called OpenCRISPR, aims to deliver customizable gene-edited proteins generated from scratch by artificial intelligence. This protein is inspired by its natural counterpart but is completely new and never seen before. Similar to other LL.M.s, Profluence courses are trained on an extensive library of protein sequences. Now, they can produce hundreds of thousands of proteins and RNA molecules, like CRISPR, that can edit the human genome. The protein, called OpenCRISPR-1, operates in a similar way to the famous CRISPR-Cas9 DNA sniper, but has a completely diffe
Earlier this month, Herbert Hoover High School hosted the third annual West Virginia High School Activities Council State Robotics Championship, sparking excitement about the future of robotics in the Mountain State. Todd Ensign, program manager at NASA's Katherine Johnson Independent Verification Agency Educational Resource Center, announced that 14 teams participated in the April 6 tournament, with Wheeling Park High School taking home the top honors. Although some teams were unable to attend due to flooding and power outages, Ensign expressed satisfaction with the entire weekend. "Three years into the three years we've been doing this, I'm really excited about the future now," Ensign said. "We will find the best time of the year to hold this event." High school playing two robots at the same time is similar to college teams competing in robotics. "Everyone was happy with the championship. Everyone performed well and the prizes were great. We