Bioinformatics is a computational and analytical technique that applies algorithms, statistical methods, and database technologies to the acquisition, storage, processing, and interpretation of biological data, particularly large-scale omics datasets such as genomes, transcriptomes, and proteomes. It encompasses sequence alignment, gene prediction, variant calling, structural modeling, functional annotation, and systems-level network analysis. Bioinformatics pipelines integrate heterogeneous data types, automate quality control, and support reproducible research through workflow management and version-controlled code. As a technique, it enables hypothesis generation, biomarker discovery, and rational design in fields including molecular biology, genomics, pharmacology, and systems biology by transforming raw high-throughput experimental outputs into interpretable, quantitative biological insight.
Protein language models are artificial intelligence tools which help engineer proteins with useful properties, including completely new structures never seen before in nature.
Biotechnology
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Biologists have long puzzled over why organisms with similar numbers of protein-coding genes can differ so dramatically in nervous system complexity. New research points to a potential link between the expanding diversity ...
Evolution
May 11, 2026
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A new computational method could dramatically accelerate efforts to map the body's cells in space, according to a study published in Nature Genetics. Spatial multi-omics technologies—often described as ultra-high-resolution ...
Biotechnology
May 7, 2026
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Scientists have uncovered more than 1,700 new proteins that could have implications for human diseases, including cancer. Mostly very small, these proteins were found in what's called the "dark proteome," which covers gene ...
Biotechnology
May 6, 2026
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Scientists at Keele University have created the first detailed map of the genetic "switches" that control reproduction in disease-carrying insects such as Anopheles gambiae, the mosquito species most responsible for malaria ...
Biotechnology
May 5, 2026
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Modern biology is awash in data. Scientists can sequence DNA, track gene activity cell-by-cell, map proteins in space, and image tissues at microscopic resolution. However, it is a struggle to put all that information together ...
Biotechnology
May 5, 2026
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Researchers at the University of Oregon have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can read genetic code the way large language models like ChatGPT read text. Scanning the genome for biological mutation patterns, ...
Biotechnology
May 4, 2026
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Scientists at Université de Montréal's Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer have developed a new database that integrates the molecular structure of microRNAs and messenger RNAs to systematically model their interactions. ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 2, 2026
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How do our genes determine our appearance and our susceptibility to disease? This question is central to biomedical research, and today we can sequence thousands of human genomes to identify these genes. However, genes work ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 30, 2026
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Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage biotechnology company powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI), today announced advancements to its unified AI framework for drug target discovery, integrating its previously ...
Biotechnology
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