AI plus gene editing promises to shift biotech into high gear – ET HealthWorld

AI plus gene editing promises to shift biotech into high gear – ET HealthWorld

By Marc Zimmer New London: During her chemistry Nobel Prize lecture in 2018, Frances Arnold said, “Today we can for all practical purposes read, write and edit any sequence of DNA, but we cannot compose it.” That isn’t true anymore. Since then, science and technology have progressed so much that artificial intelligence has learned to … Read more

AI identifies oncogenes in cancer cells, could help deliver personalised cancer treatments: Study, Health News, ET HealthWorld

AI identifies oncogenes in cancer cells, could help deliver personalised cancer treatments: Study, Health News, ET HealthWorld

London: Researchers have leveraged artificial intelligence (AI) technology to identify genes critical to a cancer cell’s survival, and could help deliver personalised cancer patient treatments, according to a new study. They analysed different types of cancer cells to understand different gene dependencies for identifying the genes, the study said. Researchers at the University of Sussex, … Read more

Research: AI tailors artificial DNA for future drug development – ET HealthWorld

Research: AI tailors artificial DNA for future drug development – ET HealthWorld

Washington: With the help of AI, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in designing synthetic DNA that controls the cells’ protein production. The technology can contribute to the development and production of vaccines, drugs for severe diseases, as well as alternative food proteins much faster and at significantly lower costs than today. … Read more

Can cancer blood tests live up to promise of saving lives?

Can cancer blood tests live up to promise of saving lives?

Joyce Ares had just turned 74 and was feeling fine when she agreed to give a blood sample for research. So she was surprised when the screening test came back positive for signs of cancer. After a repeat blood test, a PET scan and a needle biopsy, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. “I cried,” … Read more

Breakthrough medical discoveries on sequencing of virus done in form of mRNA vaccine;  Kris Gopalakrishnan

Breakthrough medical discoveries on sequencing of virus done in form of mRNA vaccine;  Kris Gopalakrishnan

DNA sequencing has given good insights about understanding virus and its mutants. “We are living in an explosive era of medical discoveries where sequencing of virus has been done in the form of breakthrough technology called as mRNA vaccine development which was done within weeks of the Covid virus outbreak to develop the required immune … Read more