AlphaMissense
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DeepMind's AlphaMissense is an AI model that classifies missense genetic variants as pathogenic or benign at genome scale.
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71M variants classified: Categorizes 89% of all 71 million possible missense variants as either likely pathogenic or likely benign, producing a comprehensive human-genome catalog.
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Disease-cause identification: Helps pinpoint the molecular cause of genetic diseases, where missense variant interpretation is a known bottleneck in clinical genetics.
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AlphaFold lineage: Builds on the AlphaFold family's protein-structure understanding, leveraging structural context to assess variant impact.
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Open catalog: The full catalog is released to accelerate research in rare-disease diagnosis and drug target discovery.