C&EN

Google’s AlphaGenome predicts the function of a DNA sequence

Google’s artificial intelligence research laboratory where AlphaFold was developed—has officially released a new machine learning model called AlphaGenome that can predict the function of DNA ...

A DNA 'on-off' switch? Light and redox cues reversibly link strands for nanotech

DNA, the blueprint of life, is best known for its fundamental role as genetic material—storing and transmitting biological information through the precise sequence of its bases. For decades, this ...

AI model from Google's DeepMind reads recipe for life in DNA

It could transform our understanding of why diseases develop and the medicines needed to treat them, says researchers.
KQED

Oldest Sequenced Genome From 45,000-Year-Old DNA

In a spectacular bit of science, a group of scientists has sequenced the DNA from the femur of a man who died 45,000 years ago. The femur they studied is over 20 times older than this 2000 year old ...

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease

RNA was long considered DNA’s boring biochemical relative. Researchers thought it merely takes the genetic information stored ...

Could a new AI model transform genetic testing and drug discovery?

A Google DeepMind invention that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to predict how DNA mutations behave could have a ...