Why AI can't cure cancer yet: Precigenetics pitches live-cell dynamic data for virtual cell models
iScienceLuvr · x · 2026-11-11
The author argues AI can't cure cancer yet because the data needed to train "virtual cell" models mostly doesn't exist: sequencing destroys cells, so datasets are single-moment snapshots missing the path between before and after — exactly the hours-to-days window where tumor cells adapt and resistance emerges.
Precigenetics measures morphological and biochemical changes inside living cells label-free, without killing them, aiming to capture that dynamics and move beyond 2D cell lines and animal models. Founder parmita unveiled a pitch deck built over 1.4 years with no designers, saying her angel investor cried reading it.
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