Summary
It can help tell what things, like chewing tobacco, might have hurt our cells.
The program is still being tested, but it could help families stay safe.
Key Points
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Researchers created a program called MutAIverse to study why cancers happen.
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They tested it on people with head and neck cancer who used smokeless tobacco.
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The tool looks for damage in Deoxyribonucleic Acid and tries to link it to chemicals.
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It is not a medical test yet, but it could help scientists understand cancer causes.
New Words to Learn
5 wordsgenerative artificial intelligence
a type of computer program that can create new ideas by learning from lots of information
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
the long molecule that holds the instructions for how our bodies grow and work
DNA adduct
a tiny piece of a chemical that sticks to Deoxyribonucleic Acid and can cause problems
mutations
changes in the letters of Deoxyribonucleic Acid that can affect how cells behave
smokeless tobacco
a form of tobacco that is chewed or placed in the mouth instead of smoked
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