Health Reading List | July 31, 2015 |
Startup Highlight: Deep Genomics
Everyone is excited about the potential of CRISPR, but in many ways we are still very naive to the possibilities that CRISPR has unlocked. Wouldn't it be great if we could some how simulate the outcomes of changes made to genes before we made those edits using CRISPR? Enter "Deep Genomics". In short the recent spin-off from the University of Toronto is creating, "a deep learning system that's able to digest a massive amount of genetic data has the potential to understand the impact of genetic mutations better than humans ever have."
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