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AI model decodes the language cells use to communicate

Photo: MIT News AI

What happened

As an embryo develops from a small cluster of stem cells, those once “blank slate” cells begin to take on more specialized roles like brain, liver, or muscle cells, and organize themselves into three-dimensional structures such as tissues and organs. The fate of each cell — what type of specialized cell it will become — depends on which genes are turned on or off in the cell. These patterns of gene activity shape th…

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