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AI BioDesign Project Aims to Create Nature-Unknown Proteins

By Drooid · Sep 18, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC · How we work

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Allen Institute in the United States leads a bio-design initiative with University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
Nobel laureate David Baker, chief scientific officer of AI BioDesign, co-leads the effort.
The project aims to create proteins nature never produced, exploring untapped chemical space.
Baker says nature has explored only a fraction of physically and chemically possible structures.

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Allen Institute in the United States leads a bio-design initiative with University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
Nobel laureate David Baker, chief scientific officer of AI BioDesign, co-leads the effort.
The project aims to create proteins nature never produced, exploring untapped chemical space.
Baker says nature has explored only a fraction of physically and chemically possible structures.