A new method to decode how DNA 'switches' control gene activity

DNA is the blueprint of life. Genes encode proteins and serve as the body's basic components. However, building a functioning ...

Q&A: Algorithm achieves near end-to-end genome assembly without ultra-long DNA sequencing

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...

Big data and human height: Scientists develop algorithm to boost biobank data retrieval and analysis

Extracting and analyzing relevant medical information from large-scale databases such as biobanks poses considerable challenges. To exploit such "big data," attempts have focused on large sampling ...
Devdiscourse

When Algorithms Meet Biology: Testing AI Agents in Real-World DNA Workflows

A RAND study found that the newest AI models can design lab-ready DNA sequences and generate workable protocols, successfully ...
Ars Technica

New algorithm finds lots of gene-editing enzymes in environmental DNA

CRISPR—Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats—is the microbial world’s answer to adaptive immunity. Bacteria don’t generate antibodies when they are invaded by a pathogen and then ...
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What's Genetic Genealogy? It Once Helped Track The 'Golden State Killer', Can It Find Nancy Guthrie?

After the FBI's CODIS failed to identify the DNA found in Nancy Guthrie's investigation, officials are turning to genetic ...