Google DeepMind publishes AI-powered predictions for the effect of all 9 billion possible single-point mutations in the human genome

Atlas, DeepMind's comprehensive catalogue of predicted DNA mutation effects, could help scientists unlock the cause of rare ...
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AlphaGenome Atlas scores all 9 billion DNA mutations, doubles rare-disease hit rate

AlphaGenome Atlas, Google DeepMind's new 1-petabyte genomics database, pre-computes predicted molecular effects for all 9 ...
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Mutations in two gene pairs point to a promising drug target in 5% of adult cancers

Scientists from the Cancer Dependency Map (DepMap) at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Columbia University have discovered that about 5% of adult cancers rely heavily on a gene called PELO ...
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Cancer-like mutations in healthy cells point to genetic origins of breast cancer

Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC), BC Cancer, Harvard Medical School and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have pinpointed what could be the early genetic origins of ...
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A 'Junk DNA' Mutation That Prevents a Disease

Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functions of the cell, the rest of the genome cannot be ignored. However, for decades ...
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Scientists use gene editing to correct harmful mitochondrial mutations in human cells

In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers in the Netherlands have successfully edited harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA using a genetic tool known as a base editor. The ...
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Calorie Cut in Mice Curbs DNA Mutations

Mutations are changes in the molecular "letters" that make up DNA, the genetic blueprint for cells. Mutations build up with age in every cell when DNA ...