UC San Diego researchers used AI and molecular biology to uncover how the NOD2 gene influences macrophage behavior in Crohn's disease, revealing that mutations disrupt the balance between inflammatory and healing macrophages, which contributes to the disease's development.
A study analyzing over 1.1 million scientific papers found that the use of ChatGPT and other large language models has significantly increased in scientific writing, especially in computer science, raising questions about research quality, originality, and transparency as AI tools become more integrated into scientific communication.
A study analyzed over 15 million biomedical abstracts from 2010 to 2024 and found that the use of certain words associated with AI-generated content, like 'delves' and 'crucial,' increased significantly after the release of ChatGPT, suggesting that at least 13.5% of abstracts may have been written or edited with AI assistance, raising ethical and authenticity concerns in scientific publishing.