By Ross Youngs, November 27, 2024 “A conversation with a genius” Key points: The bottleneck in drug discovery suggests we need 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years or more. Even with generous assumptions and the full force of global computing power, creating and testing all possible drug-like molecules within a reasonable timeframe remains a distant prospect. However, this thought experiment
By Ross Youngs, March 24, 2023. Engineers Versus Scientists ChatGPT Just some leading questions to ChatGPT with responses and pushback. A fun Friday read. I am focused on executing a new technology to bring the best small molecules into drug discovery research, and funding sources always ask what is your clinical proof – or what is
By Ross Youngs, March 5, 2023. Natural Small Molecule Complexity – Evolution Keeps What Works For decades the promise of obtaining the genetic codes of organisms created a narrative that cures and treatments would quickly follow. The human genome project had a lofty promise and failed to meet even the slightest realization of cures and treatments.
By Ross Youngs, February 2, 2023. 12 QUESTIONS to ChatGPT MICROBIOME DISCOVERY Chat GPT from OpenAI is a new and interesting way of interrogating the universe of data online and formulating it into a cohesive human communication format. To prove the point that this will be part of the next generations of human efficiency improvement that
By Ross Youngs, January 18, 2023. TOP 50 Microbiome posts out of hundreds of posts as rated by Impressions 1,300,000 + Impressions on LinkedIn The impression created a ranking of Ross’ Microbiome Posts on LinkedIn’s TOP 50 ~ 2022 review. Learn More
By Marcia Santos Sadler, August 5, 2022. Biosortia is busy mining, not Bitcoin but, Microbes. Biosortia is doing what works in a way nobody ever thought possible or scalable. By providing target-hitting small molecules and datasets using deep access to previously unculturable microbes and their molecules. A valuable and proven source for the future of therapeutics.
By Ross Youngs, March 12, 2019. What’s on the horizon? People have always been curious about the world’s next significant technological opportunity. Indeed, curiosity about the unknown has been the cornerstone of society’s greatest advancements. Albert Einstein knew this when he said, “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source
By Ross Youngs, March 12, 2019. Disruption in the Technology Age Seems to Happen in Unexpected Places How new drug discovery will be impacted by a surrogate microbiome New York City, New York (March 12, 2019) – The pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and cosmetic industries all have similar pathways to discovering new products. Historically, all three sectors have
By Rashmi Nemade, Ph.D. February 5, 2018. If you’ve ever built with Legos or watched someone else build with them, you know that there are hundreds of sizes of bricks, maybe thousands or even tens of thousands. Builders use small bricks to make larger masterpieces. Without different configurations of the smaller pieces, you can’t get
You’ve probably heard of the microbiome – in the context of human health. Currently, there’s a big focus on the microbiome. These are the microbes that live amongst us, and they exist in the trillions – a consortium of microorganisms,1 if you will. But don’t be alarmed – they live with us, not to harm, but
