Fixing gene defects with designer DNA is on the horizon after Google DeepMind launched a pioneering new AI tool.

A mitochondrial DNA mutation passed down through the maternal line in some Venezuelan families has been linked to severe ...

DeepMind’s AlphaGenome AI model could help solve the problem of predicting how variations in noncoding DNA shape gene ...

Google’s artificial intelligence research laboratory where AlphaFold was developed—has officially released a new machine ...

Google unveils AI that can predict how DNA mutations cause disease - ‘This could add another piece of the puzzle for the ...

Researchers at LUMC have made a breakthrough in understanding PALB2 mutations, an important cause of hereditary breast cancer ...

When a zygote begins cell division at a rapid rate, errors happen, and a new study found that base pairs near a gene’s transcription state sites (TSS) are particularly vulnerable. By analyzing some ...

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 ...

Mitochondria are well known as the powerhouses of the cell because of their energy generating capabilities. These little organelles are very special, because they also carry their own tiny little ...

Once disregarded as “junk DNA,” scientists now know that this molecular dark matter is crucial for determining gene activity ...