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Siebe Rozendal's avatar

Hmm, the disclaimer at the bottom definitely made something click for me regarding the hype-y tone..

It would've been nice to see some comparisons with competitors: what are e.g. Cellarity, or Emulate Liver-Chip doing? They're closing higher accuracy on DILIrank than Axiom, for example

Siebe Rozendal's avatar

(just to be clear: did "commissioned" mean they paid you for it?)

Alex Kesin's avatar

Yes, they paid me to write it - that's why there's a disclosure at the bottom.

Fair point on competitors, but Emulate and Cellarity are solving different problems with

different methods. A landscape comparison would be a different article. This one is about what Axiom specifically is building and why.

Saul's avatar

Nice article. I assume the next step for Axiom (or a similar company) is to develop models that have some predictive validity for clinical efficacy. That would be a more challenging project given the multiplicity of organ types and effector systems to mimic. But the POS stats are pretty brutal and the trajectory is not going in the right direction.

Alex Shintaro Araki's avatar

Super insightful!

Ishan Taneja's avatar

Disclaimer should go in the beginning. A little annoying to only realize at the end I read an advertisement.

Alex Kesin's avatar

Thanks for the feedback! Fixed.