Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Discovery of MicroRNA Gene Regulation
Scientific AmericanOCT 20 2024
Researchers out of China, Hong Kong, and Australia used US-headquartered tech giant Meta's artificial intelligence to discover 162K RNA viruses, 70.5K of which were never before discovered.
Scientists Eddie Holmes of Australia and Mang Shi of China worked with Chinese tech company Alibaba to develop an AI model called LucaProt, which allowed them to sequence virus genomes throughout the environment.
They fed viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRps) — which are key pieces of a genome — as well as Meta's ESMFold protein-prediction data, through LucaProt to detect viruses in some of the most extreme places, such as hot springs and salt lakes.
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