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The Human Cell Is Wildly Complex. Can AI Decode It? | Silvana Konermann | TED

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19 June 2026 · Founder Stories

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Silvana Konermann and the team at Arc Institute are trying to crack one of science's most difficult problems: why complex diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer remain so stubbornly unsolvable, even as research advances. Her solution is a universal “virtual cell” — an AI model trained on a billion bio

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