April 15 (UPI) --Scientists have developed a new algorithm that can predict how ... works by analyzing how different combinations of genetic mutations trigger changes in the functionality of ...

Evolutionary optimization (EO) is a type of genetic algorithm that can help ... The Crossover Mechanism The Reproduce method implements crossover directly, but calls a helper method, Mutate, to ...

allows early detection of rare genetic events providing high resolution analysis of the tempo of evolution. The method may provide a new way of studying mutations in pathogens and human cancers.

Bayesian inference has been used for genetic risk calculation. In this traditional method ... mutation rate (Muller and Oster 1957; Schlager and Dickie 1971), they are disregarded in this algorithm.

And now, an algorithm can predict not only whether they carry a genetic mutation, but which genes were mutated. The study, published Monday in Nature Medicine, is the latest from a Boston-based ...

Using a computer algorithm that can sift through mounds of genetic data, researchers have identified several networks of genes that, when hit by a mutation, could play a role in the development of ...

A computer algorithm can efficiently find genetic mutations that work together to drive cancer as well as other important genetic clues that researchers might someday use to develop new treatments ...

The new algorithm overcomes this barrier by exploring how numerous genetic mutations collectively influence a tumor's reaction to drugs that impede DNA replication. Specifically, they tested their ...

Some clinical trials for treatments that nip Alzheimer’s disease in the bud rely on recruiting carriers of autosomal-dominant mutations ... TU uses an algorithm based on pathogenicity classification ...