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How Artificial Intelligence Could Automate Genomics Research

December 2, 2024

How Artificial Intelligence Could Automate Genomics Research

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have demonstrated that large language models (LLMs), such as GPT-4, could help automate functional genomics research, which seeks to determine what genes do and how they interact.  Full Story


UC San Diego Part of National Hub for Large-scale Neuromorphic Computing

November 1, 2024

UC San Diego Part of National Hub for Large-scale Neuromorphic Computing

Bioengineering professor Gert Cauwenberghs at the University of California San Diego is one of four researchers leading a new hub that will provide access to open and heterogeneous neuromorphic computing hardware systems. The Neuromorphic Commons Hub, also known as THOR, is based at the University of Texas San Antonio and funded by a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation. It aims to deploy and manage a large-scale community research infrastructure. Full Story


Digestive Enzyme Escaping from the Gut and into Many Organs May Cause Aging in Rats

October 28, 2024

Digestive Enzyme Escaping from the Gut and into Many Organs May Cause Aging in Rats

The mucosal layer in the small intestine degrades with age in rats, allowing digestive enzymes to slowly escape and leak into organs outside the intestine, including the liver, lung, heart, kidney and brain.  Full Story