A secretive, Google-backed lab is using artificial intelligence to invent new medicines for humanity's worst illnesses. But can we trust drugs designed by a mind that isn't human?

In April, 2025, Demis Hassabis, the Nobel Prize-winning CEO of Google DeepMind, appeared on the US television show 60 Minutes and suggested that all diseases could be curable with the help of ...

Google DeepMind’s spin-off Isomorphic Labs says it’s almost ready to begin human testing for AI-designed drugs. Built on the success of AlphaFold, the company aims to speed up drug development in ...

Google DeepMind is getting ready to begin human testing of drugs developed using artificial intelligence. All you need to know ...

Traditionally, drug discovery relied heavily on trial and error, with long timelines and high costs. The introduction of ...

Isomorphic Labs, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., is close to human trials for its AI-designed medicines. Other companies are also racing to use AI in drug discovery.

AI-powered drug company spun out of Google’s DeepMind says human trials are ‘very close’ After years of development, Isomorphic Labs says its AI-created drugs are nearly ready for human trials.

Google's latest AI search tool builds on AI Overviews, which was introduced in the U.S. in May 2024 and has 1.5 billion users, according to an article on the Google website.

Overall, just 1 out of 10 drug candidates that gets through animal testing succeeds all the way through clinical trials and gains regulatory approval. AI is helping close the translational gap.