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

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

AlphaGenome can analyse up to 1m letters of DNA code at once and could pave way for new treatments ...

Artificial intelligence has gotten a bad reputation lately, and often for good reason. But a team of scientists at Google’s ...

Google DeepMind announced it was making AlphaGenome’s source code and weights available to the science community for ...

Model predicts effect of mutations on sequences up to 1 million base pairs in length and is adept at tackling complex ...

Researchers from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have unlocked the most detailed genetic blueprint yet of a major ...

Non-coding DNA variants contribute to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) chemotherapy resistance. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have identified specific DNA variants in the ...

There are some genes that can promote cancer; they are sometimes called oncogenes, and in tumor cells, mutations are often found in these genes. When they are functioning normally, oncogenes are often ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and others have identified a neurodevelopmental disorder, caused by mutations in a single gene, that affects tens of thousands of people ...