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AI used to create synthetic virus

Scientists have used artificial intelligence to design complete, functioning viruses with genomes never seen before in nature — a breakthrough that could open new avenues for fighting drug-resistant bacterial infections. A Stanford University-led research team used generative AI models trained on millions of genomes to design viruses, known as bacteriophages, that can kill bacteria like...

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