Google Goes Full Gattaca

by Chris Black

If there is anyone I trust to genetically engineer humans, it’s Google.
I’m sure nothing can go wrong here.

Uncovering the causes of disease is one of the greatest challenges in genetics. 🧬

To help advance this, we created AlphaMissense: an AI model classifying missense variants - or genetic changes affecting proteins.

Here's how it can help scientists. 🧵 https://t.co/ka19HXINjI pic.twitter.com/m1flaTl2TN

— Google DeepMind (@GoogleDeepMind) September 19, 2023

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