Claude for Life Sciences
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Abstraction: Anthropic launches Claude specialization for life sciences research workflows
Key points:
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 scores 0.83 on Protocol QA (vs. 0.79 human baseline and 0.74 for Sonnet 4), and improves on BixBench bioinformatics evaluation
- New scientific connectors added: Benchling (lab notebooks), BioRender (scientific figures), PubMed (biomedical literature), 10x Genomics (single-cell/spatial analysis), and Synapse.org (data sharing)
- Agent Skills enable Claude to follow specific lab protocols; first skill is single-cell-rna-qc implementing scverse best practices for RNA sequencing quality control
- Partners include Sanofi, Broad Institute, EvolutionaryScale, Schrödinger, FutureHouse, and major consulting firms (Deloitte, PwC, Accenture, KPMG)
- Available through Claude.com and AWS Marketplace; AI for Science program provides free API credits to high-impact academic researchers
Connections: Anthropic · Claude · AI Agents · Model Context Protocol
Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-for-life-sciences