Deep Learning Picks Apart DNA Data Copying Puzzles

DNA, as a data storage medium, is only useful when read, copied, and sent out elsewhere. The medium for conveying genetic information out of a cells’ nuclei is RNA—transcribed from DNA, which itself never leaves the cells’ nuclei. Now, using deep learning, researchers at Northwestern University have untangled a complex part of the RNA transcription process: How cells know when to stop copying.

In RNA transcription, knowing when to stop is crucial. The information coded into RNA is used …

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