Artificial intelligence to tackle food allergies
CompanyUkko Inc., Tel Aviv, Israel
The aim of the project is to apply machine learning technologies in immunology, computational biology, and protein engineering to develop new approaches to treating food sensitivities. Currently, a map of the molecular structure of food allergies and disorders is constructed. It will enable the engineering of food proteins with eliminated allergenicity while keeping “good” biochemical and nutritional characteristics intact. For this purpose, millions of antibodies from the blood of people with allergies like peanut allergy or gluten sensitivity are analysed. This data is then fed to the algorithms to predict what exactly is triggering the allergic attack by the immune system. When the triggers are identified, algorithms are used to search for ways to minimally alter these elements in a way that will prevent the binding by immune cells but will maintain the structure, function, and overall traits. This offers new possibilities for allergy treatment, drug development and therapy.
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Added on: 02-04-2021
[1] https://www.ukko.us/[2] https://venturebeat.com/2021/01/27/ukko-raises-40-million-to-develop-food-allergy-treatments-with-ai/
