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Anthropic establishes life sciences team; Claude discovers novel CRISPR-like enzyme system
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On September 23, Anthropic announced the formation of a life sciences research team and laboratory, alongside early results from Claude's involvement in biological research. Researchers reported that Claude, after analyzing over 200,000 reverse transcriptase (RT) sequences, discovered a previously undescribed enzyme system, which they named 'Array-associated Reverse Transcriptase' (ART). According to Anthropic, approximately 950 Claude agents used about 210 million tokens over 21 hours to screen 3,500 candidate systems, narrowing them down to 20. ART is primarily found in bacteriophages that infect bacteria and consists of a reverse transcriptase, adjacent auxiliary genes, and a set of regularly arranged DNA repeats that share features with CRISPR repeats. Preliminary experiments indicate these repeats are transcribed into multiple short RNAs, though their specific function requires further study. The research was experimentally validated by Anthropic scientists, and the company has released a preprint.
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On September 23, local time, Anthropic announced the establishment of a life sciences research team and laboratory, alongside the release of early findings from Claude's involvement in biological research.
According to researchers, Claude analyzed over 200,000 reverse transcriptase (RT) sequences and identified a previously undescribed enzyme system, which they have named "Array-associated Reverse Transcriptase" (ART).
Anthropic reported that approximately 950 Claude agents used around 210 million tokens over 21 hours to screen 3,500 candidate systems, which were subsequently narrowed down to 20.
ART is primarily found in bacteriophages that infect bacteria. It consists of a reverse transcriptase, adjacent accessory genes, and a set of regularly arranged DNA repeat sequences that share characteristics with CRISPR repeats. Preliminary experiments indicate that these repeat sequences are also transcribed into multiple short RNAs, though their specific function remains to be further investigated.
The study was experimentally validated by Anthropic scientists, and the company has published a preprint of the research.
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