{"id":127646,"date":"2024-03-14T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=127646"},"modified":"2024-03-14T06:43:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T10:43:30","slug":"ft-ai-explores-dark-genome-to-shed-light-on-cancer-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=127646","title":{"rendered":"(FT) AI explores \u2018dark genome\u2019 to shed light on cancer growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have used artificial intelligence to illuminate the human body\u2019s so-called dark genome and develop a potentially powerful new approach to cancer detection, monitoring and treatment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Investigators at Johns Hopkins University in the US have revealed how previously little-studied repeats of genetic code sequences \u2014 known as \u201cjunk DNA\u201d or dark matter \u2014 are associated with tumours.<\/p>\n<p>The research, published in Science Translational Medicine on Wednesday, shows how AI and other advanced computing technologies are deepening understanding of diseases and how to deal with them.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like a grand unveiling of what\u2019s behind the curtain,\u201d said Victor Velculescu, co-author of the paper and an oncology professor at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel cancer centre, adding that it will \u201clead to new therapies, new diagnostics and new screening approaches for cancer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/2851edf3-4a5c-42a0-b3e5-36fec787f808\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AI explores \u2018dark genome\u2019 to shed light on cancer growth <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4OVG0SmlY7\">https:\/\/t.co\/4OVG0SmlY7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Financial Times (@FT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FT\/status\/1767980187709276302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have used artificial intelligence to illuminate the human body\u2019s so-called dark genome and develop a potentially powerful new approach to cancer detection, monitoring and treatment.\u00a0\u00a0 Investigators at Johns Hopkins University in the US have revealed how previously little-studied repeats<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=127646\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-medicine","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127651,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127646\/revisions\/127651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}