The Secret Language of Cells — and How to “Speak” It | Chris Bahl | TED

Most of the medicines that we use to treat diseases today work by interacting with just one type of protein in the body at a time.

But our cells communicate with one another using a complex language that involves many different types of proteins, all interacting with each other.

This means that modern medicines, while amazing, are the linguistic equivalent to only knowing a single word.

My team and I at AI Proteins are focused on becoming fluent in the language of cells -- and how cells talk to one another -- and unlocking the next generation of medicines that are safer and more effective.

We've developed a new type of protein that's better at communicating with cells.

We call them miniproteins. These are peptides, 40 to 60 amino acids long, that fold into three dimensional shapes, much like a protein does.