Artificial Intelligence Takes Scientists Inside Living Human Cells
Diseases like cancer involve changes that occur inside a cell — and usually out of sight. A new technology can reveal a cell's inner workings, using inexpensive graphics processors from video games.
by Jon Hamilton
May 09, 2018
2 minutes
A new application of artificial intelligence could help researchers solve medical mysteries ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's.
It's a 3D model of a living human cell that lets scientists study the interior structures of a cell even when they can only see the exterior and the nucleus — the largest structure in a cell. The model was unveiled to the public Wednesday by the Allen Institute
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