New Malva platform lets researchers search single-cell RNA data across millions of cells
Malva is a search system that lets scientists query massive single-cell and spatial transcriptomic datasets using gene names, DNA sequences, or plain-language descriptions like 'cells expressing markers of neurodegeneration.' It combines a language model, a k-mer-based search index, and a metadata service to return annotated cell results in formats compatible with common analysis tools such as scanpy.