Microsoft Research unveils Quine, an AI world model for biology research
Microsoft Research introduced Quine, a multimodal AI system designed to model biology across scales — from genes and proteins to cells and tissues — and connect that model with scientific tools, literature, and researchers. In collaboration with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Quine was used to prioritize compounds predicted to shift cancer cell states, with several top candidates validated in wet-lab experiments. Microsoft is opening a 'Quine Fellows' program to give select scientists access to the system, while stressing it is experimental research technology not intended for clinical use.