KATMAP: A new way to understand and predict gene splicing

Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...

Startup provides a nontechnical gateway to coding on quantum computers

Quantum computers have the potential to model new molecules and weather patterns better than any computer today. They may ...
SciTech Daily

New Tool Reads DNA and RNA in a Single Cell, Unlocking Secrets of Disease

For centuries, scientists have recognized that certain illnesses can run in families, an idea that dates back to Hippocrates. Over time, researchers have become increasingly skilled at uncovering how ...
eLife

Viral genome sequence datasets display pervasive evidence of strand-specific substitution biases that are best described using non-reversible nucleotide substitution models

This valuable study revisits the effects of substitution model selection on phylogenetics by comparing reversible and non-reversible DNA substitution models. The authors provide evidence that 1) non ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

San Diego FC holds grand opening for residential youth academy, its ‘vertical DNA strand’

San Diego FC hosted the grand opening for its youth academy Friday, sparing no expense with a giant air-conditioned tent and a stage flanked by enormous video boards, with a speaker lineup that ...
TechCrunch

Emergent raises $23M from Lightspeed to let consumers build apps

In the last decade, as the camera quality of smartphones improved, platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok rose in popularity for photo and video sharing. Many people turned from casual posters ...
Medical Xpress

Novel gene editing technology enables selective destruction of cancer cell DNA using fewer targets

Researchers from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNIST and the Center for Genomic Integrity at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have announced an advance in cancer gene therapy. Their ...
ZDNet

After coding catastrophe, Replit says its new AI agent checks its own work - here's how to try it

Replit unveiled Agent 3 on Wednesday. Code-generation is one of the few viable business use cases for AI. However, Replit recently deleted a company's entire database. AI startup Replit released Agent ...
Fast Company

The vibe coding hangover is upon us

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong was the recipient of some very bad vibes last week after bragging on X that nearly half his exchange’s code is already AI-generated, with plans to push it higher. The post ...
eLife

Viral genome sequence datasets display pervasive evidence of strand-specific substitution biases that are best described using non-reversible nucleotide substitution models

This valuable study revisits the effects of substitution model selection on phylogenetics by comparing reversible and non-reversible DNA substitution models. The authors provide solid evidence that 1) ...
News Medical

Next-gen sequencing reveals the regulatory potential of the non-coding genome

The non-coding genome, once dismissed as "junk DNA", is now recognized as a fundamental regulator of gene expression and a key player in understanding complex diseases. Following the landmark ...