AI article
Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes
Publisher description: The DNA inside our cells isn’t just a series of instructions, but something far more dynamic. Like scientists, AI models don't yet have the data to properly decode it.
Wired | Oct 17, 2026 | Philip Ball
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In bacteria, transcription factors are rather like keys that fit the locks of unique binding sites on DNA. The compacted DNA there is relatively inaccessible to transcription factors; the genes it contains are typically silenced. While mRNA is produced from the protein-coding areas of DNA (so-called “coding genes”), noncoding RNAs are transcribed from other DNA regions now generally described as noncoding genes.
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