Within each cell, billions of biomolecules—nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and metabolites—dance to the rhythm of countless chemical reactions per second in a sea of trillions of water molecules.
Imagine being able to zoom in, slow down, predict, and rewrite the story of this microscopic universe. This vision, once limited to science fiction, is now on its way to becoming a reality thanks to the concept of the “virtual cell.”
A collaboration between the Arc Institute, 10x Genomics, and Ultima Genomics, with echoes of the Human Genome Project, is catalyzing this potential paradigm shift in biology and medicine.
Together, the blossoming research organization and two biotech industry leaders are driving the development of the Arc Virtual Cell Atlas—a repository of computation-ready, single-cell measurements designed to model cellular behavior.
The Arc Virtual Cell Atlas is being developed as an open-source resource, the world's largest repository of multi-omic single-cell data, uniformly processed to minimize technical artifacts.
By using AI-driven models, we can predict how drugs will interact with cellular systems, dramatically accelerating the development process.
This capability is especially critical for complex diseases like cancer and autoimmunity, where understanding T cells’ behavior is paramount.
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