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title: "Looking beyond natural sequences"
date: 2026-08-27
source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/looking-beyond-natural-sequences-0827
description: "A new machine-learning framework aims to improve the success rate of computational protein design while moving away from results that reproduce sequences found in nature."
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# Looking beyond natural sequences

A new machine-learning framework aims to improve the success rate of computational protein design while moving away from results that reproduce sequences found in nature.

*Published: 2026-08-27*