AlphaGenome, a Google DeepMind AI, simplifies genome research by analyzing DNA at high resolution, outperforming prior models like Borzoi. It predicts genetic consequences and mutations, with potential for disease diagnosis and understanding fundamental biology.
Scientists extracted remarkably old RNA from Yuka, a woolly mammoth, revealing insights into gene activity and challenging previous assumptions about its sex. RNA offers clues, but de-extinction remains distant.
DNA analysis reveals West African ancestry in 7th-century English burial grounds, suggesting migration and trade routes connected England to West Africa during the Early Middle Ages. Reveals two unassociated young people buried in cemeteries in England.
