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A new tool developed at ETH Zurich, MetaGraph, allows scientists to search through vast public DNA and RNA databases in seconds — like a “Google for DNA.”

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[–] dumbass@aussie.zone 10 points 1 week ago

"Dick enlargement gene sequence"

[–] moonbunny@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Oh, so for a brief period it’s going to be useful before eventually sponsored and SEO slop results crowd the first page?

[–] PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The compression alogarytm must be interesting to allow search to work for particular genes.

I'm guessing that they used more than just compression but also a linked list type database like graphQL which is what Google uses.