Co-Scientist: Accelerating research on cellular aging — Google DeepMind Skip to main content Explore our next generation AI systems Explore models Gemini Gemini Build intelligent agents Gemini Omni Create anything from anything Nano Banana Create and edit detailed images Gemini Audio Talk, create and control audio Specialized models Veo Generate cinematic video with audio Imagen Generate high-quality images from text Lyria Generate high fidelity music and audio World models & embodied AI Genie 3 Generate and explore interactive worlds Gemini Robotics Perceive, reason, use tools and interact Open models Gemma Build responsible AI applications at scale Our latest AI breakthroughs and updates from the lab Explore research Breakthroughs SIMA 2 An agent that plays, reasons, and learns with you Genie 3 Generate and explore interactive worlds AlphaGo Mastering the game of Go Gemini Robotics Perceive, reason, use tools and interact Learn more Evals Publications Responsibility Unlocking a new era of discovery with AI Explore science Breakthroughs AlphaFold Predict protein structures with high accuracy WeatherNext Fast and accurate AI weather forecasting AlphaEarth Map our planet in unprecedented detail AlphaEvolve Design advanced algorithms for math and applications in computing Learn more Gemini for Science Experimental Tools Science Skills Our mission is to build AI responsibly to benefit humanity About Google DeepMind Responsibility Ensuring AI safety through proactive security, even against evolving threats News Discover our latest AI breakthroughs, projects, and updates Careers We’re looking for people who want to make a real, positive impact on the world Learn more Education Our National Partnerships for AI Accelerator programs The Podcast Models Explore our next generation AI systems Explore models Gemini Gemini Build intelligent agents Gemini Omni Create anything from anything Nano Banana Create and edit detailed images Gemini Audio Talk, create and control audio Specialized models Veo Generate cinematic video with audio Imagen Generate high-quality images from text Lyria Generate high fidelity music and audio World models & embodied AI Genie 3 Generate and explore interactive worlds Gemini Robotics Perceive, reason, use tools and interact Open models Gemma Build responsible AI applications at scale Research Our latest AI breakthroughs and updates from the lab Explore research Breakthroughs SIMA 2 An agent that plays, reasons, and learns with you Genie 3 Generate and explore interactive worlds AlphaGo Mastering the game of Go Gemini Robotics Perceive, reason, use tools and interact Learn more Evals Publications Responsibility Science Unlocking a new era of discovery with AI Explore science Breakthroughs AlphaFold Predict protein structures with high accuracy WeatherNext Fast and accurate AI weather forecasting AlphaEarth Map our planet in unprecedented detail AlphaEvolve Design advanced algorithms for math and applications in computing Learn more Gemini for Science Experimental Tools Science Skills About Our mission is to build AI responsibly to benefit humanity About Google DeepMind Learn more Education Our National Partnerships for AI Accelerator programs The Podcast Responsibility Ensuring AI safety through proactive security, even against evolving threats News Discover our latest AI breakthroughs, projects, and updates Careers We’re looking for people who want to make a real, positive impact on the world Build with Gemini Try Gemini Google DeepMind Google AI Learn about all our AI Google DeepMind Explore the frontier of AI Google Labs Try our AI experiments Google Research Explore our research Products and apps Gemini app Chat with Gemini Google AI Studio Build with our next-gen AI models Google Antigravity Our agentic development platform Models Research Science About Build with Gemini Try Gemini May 19, 2026 ScienceFast-tracking genetic leads to reverse cellular aging Share Copied Two of the biggest bottlenecks in aging research are deciding which genetic pathways to test and making sense of the vast data those experiments produce. Biologists Omar Abudayyeh and Jonathan Gootenberg are using Co-Scientist to help them blast through both. Their lab runs huge genetic screens that flip thousands of genes on or off then reads how cells respond to these changes. The goal is to find changes that push cells away from senescence – a damaged state linked to aging – and toward a youthful state in tissues such as skin, hair, and muscle. Co-Scientist is helping on two fronts. First, it generates leads. When the team asked it to trawl the scientific literature for factors that might reverse aging, it scanned tens of thousands of papers, considered a multitude of hypotheses, and ultimately proposed more than 20 novel, plausible genetic factors to test. Lab tests validated a couple Co-Scientist’s hypotheses, with its recommended factors successfully driving cells into a younger state with improved overall function. Second, Co-Scientist speeds up the follow-through. Once the team has results from a big screen, they have to figure out what the enormous amount of data might mean, and which directions are worth pursuing next. That kind of analysis – trying to connect test results to years of scattered scientific literature – can take a researcher up to six months. Having Co-Scientist analyse their screening data alongside the literature, that work is slashed to just a few days. Slide 1 of 2 Using Co-Scientist feels like having a team of 50 people at your disposal, doing all the work within a day, which isn’t something we can otherwise do with our lab. Omar Abudayyeh, Principal Investigator The Abudayyeh–Gootenberg Lab There are so many unanswered questions in biology. We’re looking for paradigm‑shifting things – monumental discoveries – and I think Co‑Scientist will enable those. 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