Google DeepMind developed the AlphaGenome Atlas, an artificial intelligence tool that creates a computational map of the possible biological effects of approximately 9 billion single-letter changes in the human genome.
The technology allows predicting how these genetic variations can alter gene activity, offering information that was previously difficult to obtain through traditional experimental methods.
AlphaGenome particularly facilitates disease research in the non-coding regions of DNA, which represent the majority of the genome and which for a long time were difficult to study.
This tool constitutes a significant advancement for the scientific community, by allowing more efficient exploration of the relationship between genetic mutations and diseases.
