Genomics

Genomics research and analysis: sequencing studies, variant discovery, gene regulation and the computational methods behind them.

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Indexing Nature’s Code: A ‘Google for DNA’ to Catalog All Known Biological Sequences
ByAnchal Negi June 15, 2024October 22, 2026

Suppose there was a library where the whole instruction manual for every living organism on Earth could be found. It’s not science fiction, but projects such as “Indexing All Life’s Known Biological Sequences” are designed to try and accomplish this. In this case, the instructions refer to DNA and protein sequences that constitute the blueprints…

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GeneFormer: A Transformer-based Approach for Efficient Gene Data Compression
ByAnchal Negi June 1, 2024October 22, 2026

In a recent study, scientists from Tsinghua University, China, introduced GeneFormer, a unique system for compressing gene sequences. The technique uses transformers to make compression of DNA sequences more efficient than any other previous methods, which brings about smaller files and faster processing times, thus making it possible to handle this ever-increasing pile of genetic…

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Decoding VEXAS Syndrome: How Single-Cell Genotype-Phenotype Mapping Identifies New Treatment Avenues
ByDeotima Chakraborty May 23, 2024October 22, 2026

Clonal variation emerges across tissues as a result of somatic evolution, with far-reaching consequences for human health. The VEXAS (Vacuoles E1 enzyme X-linked Autoinflammatory Somatic) disease, which is brought on by somatic UBA1 mutations in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and results in treatment-refractory systemic inflammation, is a remarkable illustration of somatic evolution. However, the lack…

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SYNY: A Powerful Pipeline for Investigating and Visualizing Genome Collinearity
ByAnchal Negi May 21, 2024October 22, 2026

Scientists have questioned the comparison of genes’ organization across various species. Collinearity analysis is a helpful way to go about this task, although it seems complex at first. Collinearity refers to the situation where related genes are found in identical order as well as in the same orientation on different chromosomes. Studying collinearity is one…

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Did Aquatic Algae Pave the Way for Lush Forests? New Research Suggests Yes!
ByAnchal Negi May 8, 2024October 22, 2026

Have you ever wondered how those dense jungles and tall trees appear? It began with a leap from the water, a colonization attempt by our plant forebears more than 550 million years ago. But how could these marine organisms have acquired the necessary adaptations for living in such an arid environment? — A recent publication…

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DeepGene: Revolutionizing Genomics with Pan-genome Graph Transformer-based Foundation Model
ByDeotima Chakraborty May 4, 2024October 22, 2026

A significant issue in genome research is the Nucleotide Transformer, which makes DNA sequence interpretation accurate only with models such as DNABERT-2. Although these models have made great strides in a number of DNA analysis tasks, issues with genetic language variety, model efficiency, and length extrapolation remain. The objective is to improve performance at costs…

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From Genome to Function: AI Predicts Gene Regulation in Newly Sequenced Plants
ByAnshika Gupta May 3, 2024October 22, 2026

A recent study published in Nature Communications explored the relationship between gene expression prediction and the use of deep learning models, which are the most advanced models or architectures in the domain of machine learning. Fritz Forbang Peleke and Jędrzej Szymański head the group to uncover the role of non-coding regulatory elements in gene expression…

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Decoding the Regulatory Landscape with LINGER: A New Era in Gene Regulatory Networks Inference
ByDeotima Chakraborty April 27, 2024October 22, 2026

Despite the difficulties presented by the current methods depending solely on gene expression data, RNA sequencing data has been incorporated into Gene regulatory networks (GRN) inference methods, improving the capacity to learn complicated pathways from a few independent data points. Here, scientists offer LINGER (Lifelong neural network for gene regulation), a machine-learning technique that uses…

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Unlocking the Genetic Basis of PTSD: Discovery of 95 Loci Reveal Neurobiological Underpinnings of Trauma and Stress
ByDeotima Chakraborty April 26, 2024October 22, 2026

When compared to other mental conditions, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has a lower discoverability rate. A meta-analysis encompassing many ancestries, including European, African, and Native American, revealed 95 relevant sites across the genome and 43 putative causative genes. These genes are categorized as developmental factors, immunological or endocrine regulators, neurotransmitter and ion channel synaptic modulators,…

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The Molecule That Changed Everything: The Story of DNA
ByAnshika Gupta April 25, 2024October 22, 2026

One of the greatest scientific discoveries in history is the double helix structure of DNA, which was discovered by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953. This groundbreaking discovery fundamentally changed our knowledge of genetics and set the stage for several scientific breakthroughs. As we celebrate DNA Day, let us reflect on this important milestone…

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Deciphering the Genetic Blueprint: Groundbreaking Research Reveals Genomic Factors Driving Monkeypox Virus Transmissibility
ByAnshika Gupta April 24, 2024October 22, 2026

An epidemic of monkeypox occurred in May 2023 that led to a disease named mpox displaying symptoms such as fever, enlarged lymph nodes, and rash. This ailment is usually mild and self-limited, but severe cases can be harrowing and may cause lifetime scarring. In response to the outbreak, researchers from Mount Sinai and the Carlos…

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Unlocking Protein Co-regulation: How Genomic Language Models Illuminate Function Predictions
ByAnshika Gupta April 21, 2024October 22, 2026

Are you aware of the perception of a genomic language model? If not, then it’s worth mentioning that researchers at Harvard, Cornell University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed gLM, a Genomic Language Model, which is trained on enormous amounts of metagenomic data to interpret gene contextual representations. Using pLM embeddings and transformer architecture,…

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Supercharge Epigenomic Workflows with EAP: A Cloud-Based Platform for Comprehensive and Interactive Analysis of Large ChIP/ATAC-seq Datasets
ByDeotima Chakraborty April 15, 2024October 22, 2026

The significance of comprehending gene expression regulation in tissue development is highlighted by the examination of disease progression through methods such as ChIP-seq and ATAC-seq. On the other hand, the growing volume of data poses computing difficulties, and the dearth of organized tools emphasizes the requirement for effective analysis platforms. Researchers from the Shanghai Institute…

Read More Supercharge Epigenomic Workflows with EAP: A Cloud-Based Platform for Comprehensive and Interactive Analysis of Large ChIP/ATAC-seq Datasets
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Unlocking Cell Biology with AI: How Large Language Models Comprehend the Complexity of Genes and Cells
ByAnchal Negi April 14, 2024October 22, 2026

Picture a world where computers can not only translate languages but also decipher biology’s convoluted language. This is the exciting frontier of Large Language Models (LLMs) that could transform our knowledge of genes and cells, which are the foundation of all life forms. Researchers from the Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, explore this intriguing…

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Unveiling VarChat: A Leap Forward in Genomic Variation Interpretation
ByDeotima Chakraborty April 12, 2024October 22, 2026

Research on genomes is booming in the scientific community, and this is translating into an explosion of published results. Genetic experts and researchers now need to keep up with the most recent discoveries and their practical implications. Finding pertinent scientific articles and gathering important data for the interpretation of genetic variants provide a problem. The…

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Unveiling MetagenomicKG: A Pioneering Knowledge Graph for Metagenomics Exploration
ByDr. Tamanna Anwar March 20, 2024October 22, 2026

In the vast and intricate realm of metagenomics, where microbial communities unveil a wealth of biomedical knowledge, a groundbreaking development has emerged. Scientists from Pennsylvania State University introduced MetagenomicKG, a new knowledge graph built to take the exploration of metagenomic data to unprecedented heights. This revolutionary resource has the potential to change how researchers address…

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Unlocking the Microbial Universe: AllTheBacteria – Unparalleled Resource for Bacterial Genomics
ByDeotima Chakraborty March 15, 2024October 22, 2026

DNA archives are a public repository for a great amount of knowledge about the evolution of bacteria and their mobile elements. However, the majority of this data is not well-constructed or is assembled inconsistently, which renders it inappropriate for extensive analysis. A consistently assembled set of 661,405 genomes was released by Blackwell et al. in…

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Decoding Genes and Cells with GenePT: A Simple Yet Powerful Foundation Model Leveraging ChatGPT
ByDeotima Chakraborty March 11, 2024October 22, 2026

Large-scale gene expression data is used by Geneformer and scGPT models to build fundamental single-cell biology models. These models implicitly learn gene and cellular activities from millions of cell expression profiles, necessitating labor-intensive training and considerable data curation. Here, researchers from Stanford University use gene embeddings from the literature leveraging ChatGPT to investigate a much…

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Unraveling Genetic Mysteries with Proformer: A Hybrid Macaron Transformer Model
ByDeotima Chakraborty March 4, 2024October 22, 2026

The ability to comprehensively decode the cis-regulatory logic that controls the expression values is made possible by the revolutionary high-throughput measurement of the cis-regulatory activity of millions of randomly produced promoters. Researchers from the University of Minnesota developed an end-to-end transformer encoder architecture called Performer to predict the expression values from DNA sequences. Proformer is…

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From Molecules to Genomes: Evo’s Trailblazing Approach to Sequence Modeling and Design
ByDeotima Chakraborty March 1, 2024October 22, 2026

The DNA, RNA, and proteins that control an organism’s entire functioning are all fully encoded in a sequence called the genome. Large-scale genome databases and machine learning advances may make it possible to create a biological foundation model that speeds up the generative design and mechanistic analysis of intricate molecular interactions. Researchers from Arc Institute, TogtherAI, and…

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Team of AI-made Scientists: A Groundbreaking System for Automating Scientific Discovery
ByAnchal Negi February 26, 2024October 22, 2026

Scientists from the University of Illinois, in collaboration with experts in the field, have unveiled a cutting-edge system named the “Team of AI-made Scientists.” This revolutionary development harnesses the power of large language models, effectively mimicking the capabilities of human data scientists to automate intricate analyses, such as the identification of disease genes. The research represents…

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NIH’s All of Us Research Program Unveils 275 Million New Genetic Variants, Boosting Precision Medicine Efforts
ByAnchal Negi February 23, 2024October 22, 2026

The All of Us Research Program, with its ambitious objective of creating a diverse cohort of one million volunteers and making their data available for research, has enormous potential for revealing new information about human health and illness. Researchers have discovered more than 275 million previously unreported genetic variants, identified from data shared by nearly…

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Meet DNABERT-S: Illuminating Genomic Diversity through Species-Aware DNA Embeddings
ByAnchal Negi February 18, 2024October 22, 2026

For scientists studying the functions of the genome, DNA embedding is a vital tool. Effective investigations like species categorization and metagenomics binning are made possible by converting unprocessed DNA sequences into comprehensible numerical representations. Modern embedding models, however, often require refinement, particularly when dealing with unlabeled data or sequences prone to errors. Researchers introduce DNABERT-S,…

Read More Meet DNABERT-S: Illuminating Genomic Diversity through Species-Aware DNA Embeddings
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Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Moffitt Unveils First Individualized Predictive Model for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma
ByDeotima Chakraborty February 15, 2024October 22, 2026

Patients with recently diagnosed non-differentiated multiple myeloma (NDMM) have a wide range of outcomes, with overall survival (OS) spanning from several months to more than ten years. In this work, the researchers gathered a significant training set and a validation set of NDMM patients with clinical, demographic, genomic, and treatment data for the construction of…

Read More Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Moffitt Unveils First Individualized Predictive Model for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma
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Choosing the Best Tool for Identifying Transcriptional Regulators: Navigating the NGS Landscape
ByAnchal Negi February 12, 2024October 22, 2026

This article delves into a recent study undertaken by a team of researchers that examined multiple computer algorithms for transcriptional regulator prediction using Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data. Grasping biological processes and developing personalized medications necessitates a deep understanding of gene control. Transcriptional regulators (TRs) control the expression of certain genes, and NGS technology has enabled…

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Unlocking the Enhancer Code: Deep Learning’s Role in Designing Cell-specific Genetic Switches
ByAnchal Negi February 4, 2024October 22, 2026

Transcriptional enhancers control the spatiotemporal activation of the target genes they regulate by serving as docking stations for various transcription factor combinations. It has been a long goal to Decipher the regulatory logic of an enhancer and comprehend the specifics of how spatiotemporal gene expression is encoded in an enhancer sequence. Researchers from VIB Center…

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Probing Ancestral Genomes Uncovers Unannotated Degenerate Transposable Elements Contributing to Gene Regulation and Expression
ByDeotima Chakraborty February 3, 2024October 22, 2026

Transposable elements (TEs) supply genomes with both coding and non-coding sequences and have significant roles in evolution. However, the extent of TE annotations in each species has limited the identification of TE-derived functional components to reasonably intact TE sequences. Here, scientists from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, present a novel method that they…

Read More Probing Ancestral Genomes Uncovers Unannotated Degenerate Transposable Elements Contributing to Gene Regulation and Expression
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IntelliGenes Unveiled: A New Paradigm for AI-Driven Biomarker Discovery from Multi-genomic Data
ByDr. Tamanna Anwar January 27, 2024October 22, 2026

IntelliGenes is a new machine learning pipeline developed by researchers at The State University of New Jersey that integrates multi-genomics, clinical, and demographic data to discover biomarkers for disease prediction with high accuracy. It implements Intelligent Gene (I-Gene) scoring to assess the significance of biomarkers and create individual profiles to understand disease prognosis. IntelliGenes is…

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Integrating Genomic and Clinical Data from the 100,000 Genomes Cancer Program Paves the Way for Precision Oncology
ByDeotima Chakraborty January 16, 2024January 27, 2024

In order to establish standardized high-throughput whole-genome sequencing (WGS) for patients with cancer and rare diseases, the UK Government launched the groundbreaking 100,000 Genomes Project within the National Health Service (NHS) in England. This was accomplished through the use of an automated bioinformatics pipeline accredited by the International Organisation for Standardisation. Operating in conjunction with…

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Cracking the Code of Complex Diseases: Utilizing FORGEdb to Identify Functional Variants and Decipher Disease Mechanisms
ByDeotima Chakraborty January 9, 2024January 9, 2024

A majority of variations linked to disease that have been found by genome-wide association studies are not found in areas that code for proteins. It can be difficult to prioritize putative biological mechanisms for additional functional trials by identifying candidate regulatory variations and gene targets. In order to overcome this difficulty, scientists from the National…

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Alexa, Analyze Cancer Data: Meet Melvin, Your Virtual Genomics Assistant
ByDr. Tamanna Anwar January 7, 2024October 22, 2026

Researchers at the University of Singapore introduced “Melvin,” an Alexa Skill that lets you query cancer genomics data with your voice. This groundbreaking tool bypasses complex interfaces and empowers anyone to ask questions about massive cancer datasets through simple conversations. Melvin promises to democratize cancer research and personalized medicine by putting this life-saving information at…

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Breaking Barriers in Genomic Research: DRAGEN Delivers Accurate Variant Detection in 30 Minutes
ByAnchal Negi January 7, 2024January 7, 2024

Scientists took decades to decode the complex code of DNA, and though we have come a long way, the journey is far from over. The development of DRAGEN sheds light on new unknown secrets, unlocking a deeper understanding of our bodies and nature around us. Illumina has always provided us with the best tools and resources, acting…

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Bridging Gaps in Drug Discovery: Allosteric Atlases Illuminate Therapeutic Avenues in KRAS Oncogene Inhibition
ByDeotima Chakraborty January 3, 2024January 4, 2024

Many proteins are regarded as “undruggable” because of their activity through protein-protein interactions, despite the fact that they have been discovered as therapeutic targets in human diseases. A thorough allosteric map for proteins like KRAS, which is mutated in one out of every ten human malignancies, is required to address this. The goal of this…

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Top 10 Bioinformatics Breakthroughs of 2023!
ByDr. Tamanna Anwar January 1, 2024January 5, 2024

In 2023, bioinformatics discoveries have catalyzed immense progress across the life sciences landscape. These ground-breaking discoveries have provided insight into the complex workings of biological systems, processes, and disease states. From discovering new diagnostic markers to mapping the complexity of the brain, these innovations promise to transform medicine, evolution, and beyond. The pace of bioinformatics…

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CellHint Revolutionizes Human Cell Atlas: Automatic Cell Type Harmonization Paves the Way for New Discoveries
BySonal Keni December 29, 2023January 4, 2024

Over the past few years, a large number of single-cell genomics datasets that profile a range of tissues in different stages of development have been created. These resources have been incorporated in the creation of a standard reference map for human bodies by consortia like the Human Cell Atlas. However, different labs may have different…

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CReATiNG Synthetic Chromosomes in Yeast Opens New Possibilities in Synthetic Biology
ByDeotima Chakraborty December 25, 2023January 4, 2024

While chromosomal synthesis and cloning are expensive and time-consuming processes, CReATiNG (Cloning, Reprogramming, and Assembling Tiled Natural Genomic DNA), a method introduced by researchers at the University of Southern California, presents a viable substitute. With this technique, sections of natural chromosomes are cloned and put together to create synthetic chromosomes. CReATiNG can change a cell’s…

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Genetic Insights for a Longer Life: Exploring Actionable Genotype Testing
ByDr. Tamanna Anwar December 24, 2023January 4, 2024

A new study from deCODE genetics on actionable genotypes shows the potential of genetics to guide healthcare and improve outcomes. The research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, screened the genomes of nearly 58,000 Icelanders for disease-linked variants. The results suggest that disease-causing gene variants (actionable genotypes) can significantly reduce lifespan by at least three years…

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Real-Time Cellular Analysis on Your Wrist: ‘Genomic Smartwatch’ May Offer Continuous Insights into Your Health
ByDr. Tamanna Anwar December 22, 2023October 22, 2026

A ‘Genomic Smartwatch’ technology initiative launched by the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology will provide instantaneous observations of individual cell transformations, potentially transforming the landscape of disease research and intervention. An exciting new project brings together some of the biggest brains in science on a mission to install tiny bio computers inside our cells! These cellular trackers…

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Spatial Transcriptomics Unlocks Novel Insights into Cancer Biology: AI Analyzes Gene Activity in 3D
BySonal Keni December 21, 2023January 4, 2024

The introduction of NGS transformed the field of biology, allowing for greater insights into biological mechanisms through the gathering of rich, accessible data. However, important context is lost due to the data being conventionally stored in tabular formats, which erase the impacts that spatial connectivity has on genes and gene expression. A new framework, GENIUS…

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Unlocking the Secrets of Life: Universal Cell Embeddings – A Revolutionary Foundation Model for Cell Biology
ByDeotima Chakraborty December 7, 2023December 7, 2023

Universal Cell Embedding (UCE) is a foundation model proposed by a group of scientists from Stanford University. Using a corpus of cell atlas data from humans and other species, UCE was trained entirely self-supervised without the need for any data annotations. Regardless of tissue or species, any cell can be represented by UCE’s unified biological…

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BARtab and Bartools: Revolutionizing Cellular Barcoding Analysis in Genomics Research
ByDeotima Chakraborty December 4, 2023December 5, 2023

Researchers from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia, have introduced an integrated open-source toolset called BARtab and bartools to streamline the analysis of cellular barcoding experiments. Cellular barcoding couples heritable DNA barcodes to high-throughput sequencing to enable precise tracing of cell lineages across conditions. The new tools automate the computational processing of barcode datasets, quality control, filtering,…

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Genome LLMs: Revolutionizing Genomics with Transformer-based Large Language Models
BySwasti Tyagi November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

Deep learning techniques have had a significant influence on genomics and the sequencing techniques employed in the field due to the exponential advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) during the past ten years. The review article by a team led by researchers from the University of Toronto elucidates the advantages and drawbacks…

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UCSD’s EUGENe: A New Deep Learning Toolkit to Decode the Regulatory Genome
ByDr. Tamanna Anwar November 22, 2023November 30, 2023

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, built EUGENe (elucidating the utility of genomic elements with neural nets) – an end-to-end Python toolkit for analyzing genomic sequences using deep learning. EUGENe comprises a collection of modules and sub-packages designed to carry out the essential functions of genomics deep learning. EUGENe aims to enable computational…

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Unravel Cell-cell Communication with CellPhoneDB v5: A Cutting-edge Single-cell Multiomics Toolkit
BySwasti Tyagi November 19, 2023November 23, 2023

We often underestimate the crucial role played by communications between cells to sustain living organisms. Flawless communication between cells is a necessity to maintain regenerative functions and to ensure the healthy development of tissues; even the slightest miscommunication can lead to severe consequences for the development of vital organs, therefore increasing vulnerability to diseases. Recent…

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Unlocking the Secrets of Disease: The Imageable Genome and the Future of Molecular Medicine
BySwasti Tyagi November 18, 2023November 18, 2023

Researchers at the University of Lucerne utilized molecular imaging to evaluate the expression of certain regions of the human genome. The imaging techniques are part of an AI pipeline that involves human-robot cooperation using deep learning-based artificial intelligence (AI) tools. This would link discrete genes to the diseases that they could possibly be responsible for….

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MIT’s iPGS: A New Inclusive Polygenic Scoring Model Revolutionizes Disease Risk Assessment for Diverse Populations
BySwasti Tyagi November 11, 2023November 11, 2023

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) computer scientists developed iPGS, a model that gives accurate polygenic score calculations for the genetic makeup of individuals belonging to diverse ancestral backgrounds. Diversity in human beings can be attributed to the 0.1% of DNA that varies across individuals. It determines the phenotypes that would be expressed as well as…

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Cellsnake: A New Tool Makes Single-cell RNA Sequencing Analysis Easier Than Ever
BySwasti Tyagi November 7, 2023November 7, 2023

A collaborative effort between several medical departments at the University of Oslo led to the development of Cellsnake, a convenient tool for users to analyze single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data in an integrative manner, compatible with both Python and R. It can be incorporated into pre-existing workflow pipelines and can rapidly analyze several samples at…

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Alignment-Based DNA Language Models: The GPN-MSA Approach Enables Accurate Genome-wide Variant Effect Prediction
BySonal Keni October 29, 2023October 28, 2023

In the dynamic landscape of biology, researchers around the world aim to unlock the secrets held in the genetic code. With the introduction of whole genome sequencing, a new world was opened to science: one where genetic blueprints could be unraveled and studied with ease. Recently, the impact of genome-wide variants on human pathophysiology has…

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Meet ggCaller: A Fast and Accurate Solution for Pangenome Annotation and Clustering
ByPrachi Khare October 25, 2023October 25, 2023

Pangenomic annotation is critical for understanding the bacterial genomic variety and depends on recognizing core and accessory genes through gene prediction and clustering. These are vital for characterization and epidemiological examinations. Accessory genes tracked down in unambiguous subsets are related to attributes like antimicrobial opposition, harmfulness, and immunization escape. Current techniques include quality forecast and…

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Mosaic Variant Calling: Benchmarking Approaches and Unveiling Best Practices
BySwasti Tyagi October 23, 2023October 22, 2023

Scientists from Yonsei University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea, have developed a new benchmark for evaluating mosaic variant calling methods, which are used to detect genetic mutations in individuals. The benchmark will help researchers select the most suitable calling algorithms for their studies and guide developers in improving the accuracy of these methods. The…

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