de novo

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AI for the quantitative world is something else entirely, focusing on creating novel medical treatments, de novo material science, and advanced risk management and portfolio construction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Today, scientists use advanced technology to design new synthetic drug compounds with the right properties and characteristics, also known as "de novo drug design."

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2024

The drug works by impairing one arm of purine production, the "de novo" pathway.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023

“Currently … it goes through a de novo review before an administrative law judge, which means a new body of records is created,” she explains.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 28, 2023

Writing has evolved de novo only a few times in human history, in areas that had been the earliest sites of the rise of food production in their respective regions.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond