In a breakthrough that pushes the boundaries of synthetic biology, researchers have for the first time used artificial intelligence to design viruses capable of infecting and killing bacteria. The ...

Mutations can result in viruses that infect cells, but can't copy themselves without help from other viruses - now it seems ...

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The work, described in a preprint paper, has the potential to create new treatments and accelerate research into artificially ...

Scientists used AI to write coherent viral genomes, using them to synthesize bacteriophages capable of killing resistant ...

AI designed new bacteriophages that killed E. coli in lab tests, promising advances but raising safety concerns.

Researchers have successfully used artificial intelligence to design viral genomes, which were then constructed and tested in a lab setting. The AI-generated viruses effectively infected bacteria, ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - We're back to the heat today. Patchy AM fog should burn off by 8 AM as the sun shines and starts to heat things back up. Today we are dry and hot - humidity creeps back up there, but ...