Google’s AlphaGenome 2 zooms in on the cellular roots of disease

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Google DeepMind has introduced AlphaGenome 2, an AI model designed to help researchers understand how DNA changes affect gene activity across different cell types. The work could support research into disease causes and potential treatments.

A graphic representing Google’s AlphaGenome Atlas. | Image: Google Researchers at Google DeepMind have unveiled a new AI model designed to unravel how changes in our DNA affect different cells, giving scientists a more detailed view of a notoriously difficult problem that could hold important clues to the causes of disease - and point the way to new treatments. AlphaGenome 2 is the successor to DeepMind's genome-predicting AI model AlphaGenome, which was released last year. While nearly every cell in the human body carries the same DNA, different types of cells - from heart muscle cells and skin cells to immune cells fighting an infection - switch different genes on and off, and those patterns can change d … Read the full story at The Verge.