The study, “Identifying Disease Genes Using Machine Learning and Gene Functional Similarities, Assessed through Gene Ontology,” lays out the steps necessary to set up, analyze, and interpret genomic data. Give a brief summary of the study’s abstract and introduction; a general overview of what machine learning methods are, the different types that are available, how they are used, and the advantages to using them; and an explanation of the disease(s) analyzed in the study.