Tag: Proteins
Human Artificial Chromosomes Could Ferry Tons More DNA Cargo Into Cells
The human genetic blueprint is deceptively simple. Our genes are tightly wound into 46 X-shaped structures called chromosomes. Crafted by evolution, they carry DNA...
An AI-Designed Drug Is Moving Toward Approval at an Impressive Clip
For the first time, an AI-designed drug is in the second phase of clinical trials. Recently, the team behind the drug published a paper...
This Gene Increases the Risk of Alzheimer’s. Scientists Finally Know Why
At the turn of the 20th century, Dr. Alois Alzheimer noticed peculiar changes in a freshly removed brain. The brain had belonged to a...
Colossal Creates Elephant Stem Cells for the First Time in Quest to Revive the Woolly Mammoth
The last woolly mammoth roamed the vast arctic tundra 4,000 years ago. Their genes still live on in a majestic animal today—the Asian elephant.With...
This AI Can Design the Machinery of Life With Atomic Precision
Proteins are social creatures. They’re also chameleons. Depending on a cell’s needs, they rapidly transform in structure and grab onto other biomolecules in an...
Efficiently fine-tune the ESM-2 protein language model with Amazon SageMaker | Amazon Web Services
In this post, we demonstrate how to efficiently fine-tune a state-of-the-art protein language model (pLM) to predict protein subcellular localization using Amazon SageMaker.
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Cellular Self-Destruction May Be Ancient. But Why? | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionIt can be hard to tell, at first, when a cell is on the verge of self-destruction.
It appears to be going about its usual...
Ultrasensitive microfluidic chip helps predict whether lung cancer treatment is working – Physics World
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Gene Silencing Slashes Cholesterol in Mice—No Gene Edits Required
With just one shot, scientists have slashed cholesterol levels in mice. The treatment lasted for at least half their lives.The shot may sound like...
APS March Meeting: connecting physicists from around the globe – Physics World
The American Physical Society March Meeting brings together more than 13,000 physicists from around the world to connect and collaborate
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Amazon’s Billion-Dollar Investment Arm Targets Generative AI in Robotics
Last year, Amazon announced the next step for its growing robotic workforce. A new system, dubbed Sequioa, linked robots from across a warehouse into...
Could Shipwrecked Tardigrades Have Colonized the Moon?
Just over five years ago, on February 22, 2019, an unmanned space probe was placed in orbit around the moon. Named Beresheet and built...
A Multitalented Scientist Seeks the Origins of Multicellularity | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionIn Cassandra Extavour’s office at Harvard University hangs a placard with a painted rainbow flag and a friendly invitation.
“You are welcome here,” it reads.
“I...