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Newly discovered gene signature accurately predicts the functioning of P53 variants

In a paper published in PNAS, Maureen Murphy, Ph.D., Deputy Director of Wistar's Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center and Ira Brind Professor and Program Leader in the Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program, and team have identified a gene signature that accurately predicts the functioning of P53 variants, important information to assessing cancer risk and optimizing choices for cancer therapeutics.

7 Feb 2023

Deep learning model can accurately predict the growth of deadly brain tumors

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have created a computational model to predict the growth of deadly brain tumors more accurately.

31 Jan 2023

Using data-driven computer models to predict light emission properties of iridium-centered chemicals

More than 30 years ago, the phrase "green chemistry" emerged with the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990.

31 Jan 2023

AI-based strategy helps discover high-affinity antibody drugs

Scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based strategy for discovering high-affinity antibody drugs.

31 Jan 2023

The Journal, Artificial Intelligence in the Life Sciences, Highlights the Contributions of Women in Artificial Intelligence in the Life Sciences

The journal, Artificial Intelligence in the Life Sciences (AILSCI), published by Elsevier, is set to release a special Themed Article Collection (TAC): Women in AI in the Life Sciences.

30 Jan 2023

AI develops first-ever functional artificial protein

Scientists have developed an AI system that can produce artificial enzymes from scratch. Even though several of these enzymes’ artificially generated amino acid sequences differed noticeably from those of any known natural protein, they nonetheless performed as well in laboratory testing as those found in nature.

27 Jan 2023

Researchers use supercomputer to unveil new methods for DNA mosaic recognition

As humans, we each have trillions of cells. And each cell has a nucleus with individual genetic information –DNA – that can mutate to create an abnormality.

25 Jan 2023

Study helps to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying complex taste sensations

Chicory is a popular salad ingredient, and its bitterness harmonizes well with apples or balsamic vinegar.

24 Jan 2023

Interpretable framework to investigate the spatial organization of cells

In cells that are similar in form and function throughout tissues and organs, genes that are activated and expressed produce patterns. Identifying these patterns increases the understanding of cells, which could lead to the discovery of disease mechanisms.

18 Jan 2023

Optibrium appoints Steve Yemm as Chief Commercial Officer

New role will lead global commercial strategy and development as Optibrium continues to scale its drug discovery technologies and team.

From Optibrium Ltd. 17 Jan 2023

New open-access database provides a map of the proteome signature

The recently released cancer protein profile database, which was created using AI and machine learning, has helped with cancer prediction medicine. The new open-access Disease Blood Atlas, unveiled by KTH Royal Institute of Technology Professor Mathias Uhlén, gives the first-ever map of the proteome signature in cancer patients’ blood.

11 Jan 2023

Investigating the molecular mechanisms that govern cilia force sensing

Although the human body is superficially symmetric along the left–right axis, most internal organs, including the heart, lungs, liver, stomach, and brain, have noteworthy left–right asymmetries in their structure and placement.

6 Jan 2023

The link between tandem repeats and development of Schizophrenia

Each human cell is distinct because it is written in the DNA language.

1 Dec 2022

Bats use distinct laryngeal structures to generate echolocation and social calls

Bats use distinct structures in the larynx to produce high-frequency echolocation calls and lower-frequency social calls, according to a study by Coen Elemans at the University of Southern Denmark and colleagues, publishing November 29th in the open access journal PLOS Biology.

30 Nov 2022

Optibrium appoints Ian Smith as Chief Technology Officer

Optibrium, a leading developer of software and AI solutions for drug discovery, today announced the appointment of Ian Smith as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), the latest in a number of senior-level hires for the Company.

From Optibrium Ltd. 23 Nov 2022

New guidelines for genomic consent benefit patients and researchers

How can Canada maximize the benefits of human genomic sequencing to deepen knowledge of disease? For researchers and decision-makers in this expanding field, new guidance published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) establishes the essential components for obtaining patient consent.

16 Nov 2022

Rapid fluctuations in electrical activity within breast cancer cells identified

Recent research has discovered that the membranes of breast cancer cells have varying voltages, revealing information regarding their growth and spread.

15 Nov 2022

Novel proteomics approach to identify a three-protein signature in the blood

A new proteomics method has been utilized by researchers to determine a three-protein signature in the blood that has the potential to enhance the detection of separated impaired glucose tolerance, a form of prediabetes.

14 Nov 2022

Different cancers carry distinctive genetic signatures

After analyzing data from a public repository, CD4-T, CD8-T cells, and Treg cells, a team of researchers led by bioinformatics Mabel Vidal from the University of Concepcion and working with researchers from MELISA Institute and other academic institutions discovered a distinctive genetic signature among subsets of infiltrating T cells of various types of cancer.

4 Nov 2022

Quantifying microanatomical tissue structures without human intervention

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine have created a computational method for mapping the architecture of human tissues in extraordinary detail. Their method guarantees to expedite research on organ-scale cellular interactions and could lead to strong new diagnostic strategies for a variety of disorders.

1 Nov 2022