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# “New on our Science Blog: designing protein binders against scorpion neurotoxins.”

Anthropic (@AnthropicAI), X, 2026-10-20.
Source: https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/2112579251555721573

## Archived text

> New on our Science Blog: designing protein binders against scorpion neurotoxins.
> 
> Scorpions sting about 1.2m people every year, and antivenoms are often costly or in short supply. Claude has made an early step toward finding new treatments.
> 
> https://www.anthropic.com/research/claude-scorpion-toxin-binder-design

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