News-Medical.Net August 16, 2024
A fish on land still waves its fins, but the results are markedly different when that fish is in water. Attributed to renowned computer scientist Alan Kay, the analogy is used to illustrate the power of context in illuminating questions under investigation.
In a first for the field of artificial intelligence (AI), a tool called PINNACLE embodies Kay’s insight when it comes to understanding the behavior of proteins in their proper context as determined by the tissues and cells in which these proteins act and with which they interact. Notably, PINNACLE overcomes some of the limitations of current AI models, which tend to analyze how proteins function and malfunction but do so in isolation, one cell and tissue type at...