Transcripta Bio collaborates with Microsoft Research to Advance AI-Driven Disease-Gene Discovery

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcripta Bio today announced a research collaboration with Microsoft Research to accelerate the discovery of disease-gene associations using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and large-scale transcriptomic data. This collaboration brings together Transcripta Bio's proprietary Drug-Gene Atlas, which contains over a billion gene responses and full-transcriptome data, and Microsoft Research's machine learning expertise with the goal of identifying novel therapeutic opportunities faster and with more certainty than conventional methods.

Transcripta Bio and Microsoft Research will analyze chemotranscriptomic datasets with a primary goal to identify candidate disease-gene associations supported by experimental evidence of gene expression modulation. The teams hope to accelerate the path from discovery to clinical candidate selection, with the potential for fast-tracking and delivering new therapies to patients more efficiently.

Scott Saponas, Senior Director and Deputy Lab Director, Microsoft Research Health Futures, stated: "We are excited to collaborate with Transcripta Bio to leverage our expertise in rare disease genomics and AI, aiming to develop innovative methods for drug discovery that can significantly impact the treatment of rare diseases."

Dr. Chris Moxham, Co-founder and CEO of Transcripta Bio, commented: "This collaboration with Microsoft Research enables us to scale our transcriptomics-driven approach, leveraging Microsoft's computational resources and AI expertise. Together, we are setting a new standard for the speed, certainty, and efficiency of drug discovery."

About Transcripta Bio

Transcripta Bio is an AI drug discovery company specializing in transcriptomics-driven insights to identify and develop novel therapeutics across multiple disease areas. Using its proprietary AI platform, Transcripta Bio accelerates the discovery and validation of promising drug candidates, leveraging both repurposed and novel molecules for targeted therapeutic interventions.

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