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Gemma 27B variant discovered a new cancer pathway treatment that has been val...

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Gemma 27B variant discovered a new cancer pathway treatment that has been validated

Scientists setup an environment and context, the model made a novel inference

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What made this prediction so exciting was that it was a novel idea. Although CK2 has been implicated in many cellular functions, including as a modulator of the immune system, inhibiting CK2 via silmitasertib has not been reported in the literature to explicitly enhance MHC-I expression or antigen presentation. This highlights that the model was generating a new, testable hypothesis, and not just repeating known facts.
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it seems like we’re firmly in a realm where AI can be a noticeable help, but still a long way from autonomous discovery
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