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A new AI tool to decode DNA, a medical marvel and a rebel lipstick vine

A new AI tool to decode DNA, a medical marvel and a rebel lipstick vine

60-Second Science vor 8 Monaten

How a new AI model could help us better understand noncoding DNA, how doctors kept a man alive without lungs for two days, and what a peculiar flower can teach us about evolution

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In this episode of Science Quickly, we dive into Google DeepMind’s
new artificial intelligence model AlphaGenome, which could help
researchers better understand how noncoding DNA shapes gene
expression. We also look at how doctors pulled off a medical marvel
when they kept a man alive without lungs for two days. Plus, we
learn how researchers cracked an evolutionary puzzle involving a
peculiar flower. Recommended Reading: Google DeepMind unleashes new
AI to investigate DNA’s ‘dark matter’ Doctors keep patient alive
using ‘artificial lungs’ for two days Babies who attend daycare
share ‘good’ germs, too E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if
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produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and
Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with
fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music
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