# AI suggests adding a vortexing step, lifting antibody binding from zero to more than 70%

- slug: ai-suggests-adding-a-vortexing-step-lifting-antibody-binding-from-zero-to-more-than-70
- date: 2026-04-23
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

An AI running 100 robot arms found that antibodies wouldnt bind to a target. The fix was a $200 vortex mixer — a technique human scientists had never thought to try at that step.

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