Artificial intelligence can dash off more than routine emails. It has now written tiny working genomes.
Two AI models designed the blueprints for 16 viruses capable of attacking Escherichia coli in lab dishes, researchers report September 17 in a paper posted to bioRxiv.org. A mixture of these AI-generated bacteriophages stopped virus-resistant E. coli strains from growing, suggesting that the technique could help scientists design therapies capable of taking on tough-to-treat microbial infections. The work has not yet been peer-reviewed.
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