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Many times, scientists embark on a study looking for evidence for a particular hypothesis, and in the process, they come across something totally unexpected and different from their original purpose.

A historic new study reveals how OpenAI’s o3 model helped Boston Children’s Hospital diagnose patients with rare genetic illnesses.

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1 Department of Neurology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK 2 Department of Medical Genetics, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, UK 3 Department of Neurosurgery, Kings College Hospital, London, ...

It was a little over a decade ago that the evolutionary biologist Eske Willerslev successfully applied innovative DNA analysis and decoding technology to unlock genetic secrets from the past. In that ...

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