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Researchers at Princeton University have harnessed AI to understand how drugs affect the dynamics of vital structures within the cell, introducing a tool that can map the shape of these structures to functional outcomes.

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Researchers at Princeton University, Cliff Brangwynne, Anita Donlic, Sofia Quinodoz, Nima Jaberi-Lashkari, Krist Antunes Fernandez, Lifei Jiang, Lennard Wiesner and Ai Ing Lim
What
Researchers at Princeton University have harnessed AI to understand how drugs affect the dynamics of vital structures within the cell, introducing a tool that can map the shape of these structures to functional outcomes.
When
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:58:00 GMT · 3h 34m ago
Where
Princeton University ·
Why
The team examined the shape changes of biomolecular condensates, tiny droplets in living cells that drive transcription and other gene regulation processes and have been linked to diseases including Alzheimer's, ALS and cancer.
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This new AI-powered methodology provides a robust system for monitoring and evaluating cellular responses to drugs at a single-cell level, potentially accelerating the discovery of new drug mechanisms and therapies for various diseases, including cancer.

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