# Bad Influence story: Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome 2 to predict cell-type-specific DNA variant effects

Active · 11 articles · 7 sources · First reported 11-11 10:00. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/04704b00-6c66-4452-aeec-1f074696c4fd

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Latest update (11-12 06:31): Google DeepMind explains how AlphaGenome 2 helps find rare disease genetic causes

Overview: Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome 2, a model that predicts how DNA variants affect specific cell types. The company says it was trained on more than 100 million cell profiles across 68 tissues and finds causal variants in 30% of cases in the TenK10K immune-cell dataset, versus 16% for the original AlphaGenome. A MarkTechPost report says the 30% figure comes from the source's own benchmark at 90% precision.

The model is available for non-commercial research through the AlphaGenome API and Colab tutorials. Commercial research access is limited to a private preview. DeepMind says it is intended for research use only and has not been validated or approved for clinical or diagnostic use.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-12 06:31 · Google DeepMind · [Google DeepMind explains how AlphaGenome 2 helps find rare disease genetic causes](https://badinfluence.news/items/rfxil639pizg47z4dg8l38cy7)
2. 11-11 15:51 · MarkTechPost · [Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome 2 for cell-type-specific DNA variant effects](https://badinfluence.news/items/hy7k5m5wqz78yec6vgd5w9ak4)
3. 11-11 13:00 · Google DeepMind · YouTube (from the company) · [Google DeepMind explains how AlphaGenome 2 reads non-coding human DNA](https://badinfluence.news/items/e9zfneq0j3xi23skfb8j0l5lh)
4. 11-11 12:12 · Demis Hassabis · [Google DeepMind announces AlphaGenome 2, a DNA sequence model for cell-specific variant effects](https://badinfluence.news/items/nsxt7u52x7gplyp8n3fu9nv30)
5. 11-11 11:23 · Sundar Pichai · [Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome 2 for non-commercial research](https://badinfluence.news/items/c0zxxmmee429u9fuvyczpcr18)
6. 11-11 11:23 · Sundar Pichai · [Google DeepMind introduces AlphaGenome 2 to predict how DNA variants affect cell types](https://badinfluence.news/items/l10glan2fp7wtkc605r1z2mha)
7. 11-11 10:03 · Google DeepMind · [Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome 2 for non-commercial research](https://badinfluence.news/items/oc66561wrwy03plccm5hjsnwv)
8. 11-11 10:03 · Google DeepMind · [Google DeepMind's AlphaGenome 2 spots cell-type-specific gene regulation mutations](https://badinfluence.news/items/u2f40y5kgq95ormucyvtsvnq1)
9. 11-11 10:03 · Google DeepMind · [Google DeepMind introduces AlphaGenome 2 to study cell-specific disease drivers](https://badinfluence.news/items/x9fkhwwzqhabt69el1mn7ur1g)
10. 11-11 10:00 · Google DeepMind (from the company) · [Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome 2 to predict cell-type-specific DNA variant effects](https://badinfluence.news/items/nd9pzjolu5njvzucr24ymrkdm)
11. 11-11 10:00 · The Verge · AI · [Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome 2 for cell-level genetic prediction](https://badinfluence.news/items/j2fzh1ibud9hqmk2sgnr9yd2i)
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