Artelo Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARTL), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on modulating lipid-signaling pathways to develop treatments for people living with cancer, pain, dermatological, or neurological conditions, today announced details of a strategic partnership with BioAI company ScienceMachine to accelerate the development of its fatty acid-binding protein 5 (FABP5) inhibitor platform. ScienceMachine's platform, which leverages cutting-edge AI agent technology, is built to interrogate large biological datasets in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional methods.

The partnership is harnessing ScienceMachine's proprietary AI technology to analyze Artelo's large internal FABP datasets and identify novel biological insights, including new mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities for FABP5 inhibitors, particularly ART26.12, the Company's first FABP5 inhibitor to begin clinical studies. By using data from the previously reported Phase 1 single ascending dose study (ART26.12-100), ScienceMachine has been instrumental in identifying potential proteins indicative of FABP5 target engagement in ART26.12-treated healthy volunteers.