New AI Tool Accelerates mRNA-Based Treatments for Viruses, Cancers, Genetic Disorders

July 25, 2025 • by Marc Airhart

UT Austin and Sanofi partner to build tool that predicts translation efficiency of mRNA sequences.

An illustration of a string of RNA and a wall of letters representing the nucleotides in an RNA sequence

Figure showing the difference in translation efficiency between two different mRNA sequences

Subtle differences in an mRNA sequence enables a ribosome to produce more or less of a certain protein. A new AI model called RiboNN predicts which sequences will be most efficiently produced and potentially, most effective for protein-based therapeutics. Credit: University of Texas at Austin.

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