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Google DeepMind's AlphaGenome Atlas maps predicted effects of every DNA variant

Google DeepMind released AlphaGenome Atlas, a genome-wide dataset predicting the functional consequences of nearly every possible single-letter DNA change. Academic partners, including researchers from the Broad Institute working with the GREGoR Consortium, used the tool's AVI scoring system to identify a previously overlooked variant in the DNM1 gene linked to epileptic encephalopathy, showing it creates a faulty splice site that abnormally extends the resulting protein. The prediction was later confirmed through lab experiments.

Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome Atlas mapping all possible human DNA mutations

Google DeepMind has launched AlphaGenome Atlas, a database that predicts the molecular effects of every one of the roughly nine billion possible single-letter changes across the human genome. The tool is accessible via a web portal, the Antigravity development platform, and the AlphaGenome interface, and comes bundled with a new Variant Impact Score to help researchers prioritize which mutations are most likely to matter.