According to its own statements, a research group has created the largest AI system for biological research with a huge amount of genetic information to contribute to the development of medical treatments.
The model called EVO 2 made with artificial intelligence (AI) was trained with nearly nine trillion genetic information from more than 128,000 species, said the team that was financed by the research organization on Wednesday (local time).
2000 NVIDIA -Calculate processors
The model was made with 2000 H100 processors from the American neck giant Giant Nvidia. The extensive genetic data is stored in a cloud by Amazon Web Services (AWS). You are freely accessible for scientists around the world through the NVIDIA research platform Bionemo.
With the help of EVO 2, knowledge of ‘complex’ diseases in humans should be improved quickly, said the ARC Institute Head of Silvana Konermann. In particular, it is about recognizing “which variant of a gene is related to a certain disease”. With this knowledge, new molecules could then be developed, which were then aimed at the cause of the disease.
First results for cancer research
Researchers from the California Elite-Unis Stanford and Berkeley as well as the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) are involved in the project. According to the ARC Institute, the AI model has already produced results for investigating cancer. EVO 2 is determined by 90 percent security, which mutation of the BRCA1, which is connected to breast cancer, is benign and that is malignant.
According to the developers, the model can also be used to change the genetic material of crops in a way that they are better adapted to climate changes and contain more nutrients. According to Nvidia, EVO 2 could also help with the development of enzymes that reduce plastic.
Source: Krone
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