Exploring Open Source Tools in Gene Editing and Protein Development

Companies like Microsoft tried to block open source tools in the past but open source technologies like HTML 5 have allowed for greater accessibility in fields such as multimedia. The speaker believes that while applications of gene editing should be patentable, the core tools should be open source to accelerate progress. A company developed a protein language model using publicly available genome data to create novel proteins that outperformed existing gene editing proteins like Cas9. The model was trained on 26 trillion base pairs of data, leading to the successful creation of the superior gene editing protein. This process showcases the power of open source tools and freely available data in advancing scientific research and innovation.