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Stem Cells in Space and AI for Nanoparticles and Peptide Design
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- Touching Base
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- Aug 22, 2025
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Summary
This week’s episode explores two frontiers: space travel and artificial intelligence. First, we discuss a study testing whether mouse sperm cryopreserved and stored in the International Space Station could still produce healthy offspring back on Earth. It’s a question with real implications for the future of deep space missions and even space tourism. Then, we turn to recent advances in AI. We talk about a machine-learning model trained to predict more effective nanoparticles for delivering RNA vaccines and therapies. Also, we learn about an AI model that designs peptides for challenging targets in cancer and neurodegenerative disease without needing detailed protein structures. Join GEN editors Corinna Singleman, PhD, Fay Lin, PhD, and Uduak Thomas for a discussion of the latest biotech and biopharma news. Listed below are links to the GEN stories referenced in this episode of Touching Base : The State of Biotech Summit Registration Space Station Stem Cells Successfully Produce Healthy Mice GEN, August 18, 2025 COMET's Rocket Speed: AI-Designed Nanoparticles Accelerate mRNA Therapies GEN, August 18, 2025 Protein Language Model Hits Undruggable Targets, No Structure Required By Fay Lin, PhD GEN, August 14, 2025 Touching Base Podcast Hosted by Corinna Singleman, PhD Behind the Breakthroughs Hosted by Jonathan D. Grinstein, PhD Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.