Biotechnology DNA databases are too white. This man aims to fix that. Carlos D. Bustamante’s hunt for genetic variations between populations should help us better understand and treat disease. by David Rotman 2018-10-15T10:25:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Amyloid-Busting Drugs for Alzheimer’s Keep Failing, but So Does Everything Else Drug failures may be telling us that we don’t know what causes Alzheimer’s disease. by Emily Mullin 2017-03-01T15:27:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Machine Vision Helps Spot New Drug Treatments A startup uses algorithms that understand the anatomy of cells to discover new uses for existing drugs. by Tom Simonite 2017-01-24T00:00:00-05:00
Artificial Intelligence Software Dreams Up New Molecules in Quest for Wonder Drugs Ingesting a heap of drug data allows a machine-learning system to suggest alternatives humans hadn’t tried yet. by Tom Simonite 2016-11-03T15:44:00-04:00
Rewriting Life The Mystery of Knotted Proteins Biologists are getting closer to figuring out why nature ties knots in some molecules, which could lead to better drug discovery. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv 2016-10-26T12:50:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Stopping Breast Cancer with Help from AI The Department of Defense is backing an effort to use machine learning to find clues about tumor biology. by Emily Mullin 2016-10-26T10:31:00-04:00
Rewriting Life A Big Step Forward in the Quest for a Better Painkiller Scientists have developed a new drug that promises the pain-numbing effects of opioids without the addiction. by Adam Piore 2016-08-17T13:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Deep Learning Catches On in New Industries, from Fashion to Finance The machine-learning technique known as deep learning, which has shown impressive results in voice and image recognition, is finding new applications. by Will Knight 2015-05-31T14:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Understanding Our Gut Microbes Could Lead to New Medicines By studying the interactions between our bodies and our microbes, a startup hopes to find new ways of treating disease. by Susan Young Rojahn 2013-09-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Scientists Grow 3-D Human Brain Tissues Researchers have grown brain tissue with distinct regions that mimic different functional structures of the developing brain. by Susan Young Rojahn 2013-08-28T13:00:00-04:00
