Genomics: Decoding the blueprints for Australia's biodiversity

Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This ...
Nanowerk

Scientists develop a new method to decode how DNA 'switches' control gene activity

Less than 2% of the genome codes for proteins; the rest, once called 'junk DNA', contains regulatory elements. Researchers analyzed 10,000 to reveal how variants shape gene activity.

AI model learns yeast DNA 'language' to boost protein drug output

Industrial yeasts are a powerhouse of protein production, used to manufacture vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, and other useful compounds. In a new study, MIT chemical engineers have harnessed artificial ...
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AI model cracks yeast DNA code to turbocharge protein drug output

MIT researchers have built an AI language model that learns the internal coding patterns of a yeast species widely used to manufacture protein-based drugs, then rewrites gene sequences to push protein ...

Lifting the lid on unknown coral microbiomes living in the Pacific ocean

Several years worth of findings from a floating laboratory have tapped into a well-stocked coral library of taxonomic, ...
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Harnessing AI to optimize the development of new protein manufacturing processes

Industrial yeasts are a powerhouse of protein production, used to manufacture vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, and other useful compounds. In a new study, MIT chemical engineers have harnessed artificial ...

It's not too late yet: genetic screening of newborns has begun in Russia

EADaily, March 2nd, 2026. Tomsk geneticists summed up the results of a large-scale three-year study covering the Siberian ...
The Telegraph

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Thomas Begley, University at Albany, State University of New York and Marlene Belfort, ...
University of Toronto

Signed, sealed, rediscovered: U of T researchers decode 15th-century missive from French monarch

A medieval missive crossed centuries and continents before University of Toronto researchers made a royal discovery: it was a decree from France's notorious “Spider King.” U of T’s Old Books New ...
Deccan Chronicle

Can Build The Human Genome in 20 Years: Adrian Woolfson

ADRIAN WOOLFSON, scientist and founder of Genyro, has authored a brave new book, 'On the Future of Species'. Here, Woolfson examines with SUCHETA DASGUPTA the future of humanity in a world of AI ...