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AI-designed bacteriophage genomes defeat bacterial resistance
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Researchers at Stanford and the Arc Institute have successfully used generative AI to design functional bacteriophage genomes from scratch. This breakthrough demonstrates the potential for AI to engineer complex biological systems, though it also raises significant biosecurity concerns.
Researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute in California have used artificial intelligence to design complete bacteriophage genomes from scratch, producing functional viruses capable of infecting bacteria that had evolved resistance to a naturally occurring bacteriophage.
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