DeepMind’s new AI tool can predict genetic diseases

Google DeepMind has unveiled its novel AI tool that can predict whether DNA mutations are likely to cause genetic diseases. The ambition is that it will  facilitate faster diagnosis and development of life-saving treatments. The new AI model, called AlphaMissense, makes predictions about missense mutations, which occur when a single letter is substituted in the DNA code. The letters correspond to four nucleotides: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T). This results in a different amino acid within the protein, which can in turn affect its function. On average, humans carry over 9,000 missense variants, which, in most…

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