Weekly Tech+Bio Highlights #42: Proteins, the Universe, and Everything

Neuralink's $650M Raise, Interactive Map of Digital-Pathology Deals, ASCO AI Highlights, and a 10-Year Quest to Map Cell Behavior

Over the last week, a protein-design model broke the 20-amino-acid barrier by designing proteins with 29 noncanonical residues, MIT’s foundation model posted benchmark-leading accuracy in small-molecule property prediction, and a reinforcement-learning framework generated a novel antibiotic active against MRSA in mice.

At ASCO 2025, Tempus, Artera, Massi…