AI helps better understand how genetic mutations affect our health

As language models learn to interpret words in a sentence, protein language models learn how amino acids work together within ...
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New algorithm unveils key genetic mutations across multiple cancers

A computer algorithm can efficiently find genetic mutations that work together to drive cancer as well as other important genetic clues that researchers might someday use to develop new treatments for ...
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Machine learning algorithm decodes mutations driving cancer treatment resistance

In a groundbreaking study published on January 18, 2024, in Cancer Discovery, scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine leveraged a machine learning algorithm to tackle one ...
BMJ Case Reports

Brain fog and protein logs: unravelling encephalopathy in lysinuric protein intolerance with rare mutation and expanded phenotypic spectrum

Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by variants in the SLC7A7 gene, leading to impaired transport of dibasic amino acids across intestinal and renal membranes ...
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This Human Mutation May Explain Why We Get More Cancer Than Chimps

A newly discovered genetic mutation unique to humans may help explain why we are significantly more vulnerable to cancer than our closest evolutionary relatives. Researchers at the University of ...