Health & Fitness
Bay Area Lab Utilizes AI In Search For Next Effective Weight Loss Drug
Richard Yu, along with his staff of scientists, is generating billions of yeast cells out of his biotech lab in Emeryville.
March 28, 2025
As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, especially here in the Bay Area, one lab is working to use AI technology to find the next effective weight loss drug.
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Richard Yu has always been passionate about science and technology.
"Being able to find these really rare drugs that can give you the beneficial effects without some of the side effects. And that really is about finding drugs that can activate certain parts of your body while avoiding activating other parts on other cells," Yu, the co-founder and CEO of Abalone Bio, told CBS News Bay Area.
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