BioByte 149: The Need for Private Philanthropic Funding, Improved Tokenization to Accelerate Protein Design, and Inhibitors for Proximity-Inducing Small Molecules

Welcome to Decoding Bio’s BioByte: each week our writing collective highlight notable news—from the latest scientific papers to the latest funding rounds—and everything in between. All in one place.Subscribe nowDr. John C. Hierholzer/CDC, Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) showing spike proteins, 1978What we readBlogsWealthy Individuals Funding Science is Good for Everyone [Lucas Harrington, February 2026]Funding is one of the numerous conditions that must be p...