Originally published at: https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/detecting-a-new-class-of-mutations-behind-autism-with-ai/
A new research paper published in the journal Nature Genomics shows how a Princeton University-led team developed a deep learning-based method for searching the human genome for mutations, including their associations with diseases such as autism. “Many mutations in DNA that contribute to disease are not in actual genes but instead lie in the 99% of the genome…