Discussion on SLAS Featured Talk: Harnessing Synthetic Biology and Deep Learning to Fight Pathogens
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Podcast Editor David Pechter hosts Jim Collins of the MIT Department of Biological Engineering to discuss his talk on the harnessing of deep learning to fight pathogens.
The future of medicines using synthetic biology is a rapidly expanding field, with applications including engineered diagnostics, gene and cell therapies, and the deployment of mRNA vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The application of deep learning is accelerating this research, facilitating rapid candidate identification for novel therapies.
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