Twist Bioscience

New Capabilities

Synthesized designs and tested binding in mammalian cells

Anthropic's Claude designed small proteins that attach to scorpion neurotoxins, the molecules behind dangerous stings from Mexico to North Africa. Two contract labs tested 211 designs, and 17 bound to four of the five target toxins.

Updated Oct 29

New Capabilities

As of August 2026: Providing synthesis and expression capacity for AI-designed antibodies

Artificial intelligence can design tens of thousands of antibody candidates in days. Turning those digital sequences into physical molecules for testing still takes months. PROTEINA and Twist Bioscience announced a partnership on August 27, 2026, to collapse that gap.

Updated Aug 27