Google DeepMind's AI Atlas of Human Genome Promises New Treatments

Google DeepMind has unveiled an AI tool that its scientists claim could help unravel the mysteries of the human genome and transform our understanding of biology, accelerating scientific research and ultimately paving the way for new treatments for diseases. The platform, called AlphaGenome Atlas, contains a "predictive map of every possible DNA letter change in the human genome," the researchers said in a blog post published on Tuesday. DNA is written in an alphabet of four chemical "letters" - usually shortened to A, C, G, and T - and the human genome contains roughly three billion letter pairs. Those letters contain the instructions for building and operating a human body, dictating everything from eye color to disease susceptibility.