A novel cancer cure is discovered by Google's Gemma-based AI

Researchers from Google and Yale University unveiled C2S-Scale 27B, a foundation model built on Google's open-Gemma family that identified a hitherto unidentified cancer treatment pathway that has been shown to function in living cells. The specifics: The C2S AI system interprets cellular input as if it were a language, predicting the behavior and reaction of individual cells to various therapies. Researchers gave the system the duty of identifying substances that, in the presence of specific signals, can increase tumor visibility to the immune system. It discovered silmitasertib, a medication that has never been connected to aiding the immune system in identifying cancer cells. The AI's forecast was validated in lab experiments, where the drug combination increased tumor cells' visibility to immune defenses by almost 50%. Many doubters believed that the "novel" discoveries from AI systems would never come to fruition, but now they are beginning to surface. We may be in for an incredibly exciting time in scientific advancement as models continue to grow in size and capability, as Google has also discovered that "biological models follow clear scaling laws."