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Bacteriophages designed with AI kill E. coli faster than a well-studied strain, but the tech needs regulation before moving beyond lab dishes.

The viruses in question are bacteriophages, which only infect bacteria – they can’t infect humans, or any other animals for ...

AI edits to the blueprints for known toxins can evade detection. Researchers are improving filters to catch these rare biosecurity threats.

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Companies that make DNA for science labs screen out any requests for dangerous bits of genetic material. But a new study ...

Scientists have leveraged Artificial Intelligence to design entirely new bacteriophages, viruses capable of attacking and killing bacteria. Researchers at Stanford and Arc Institute successfully ...