AI Designs Functional Viruses for the First Time
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For the first time, researchers have been able to train an AI in such a way that it designs blueprints for working viruses.
What if artificial intelligence could imagine the future allies of medicine? By designing the genomes of viruses capable of attacking bacteria, researchers have opened a new path against antibiotic resistance. A promising prowess that also requires reflection as soon as possible.
Using an AI model created by Stanford researchers that is able to write “complete genomes,” a team of scientists from this American university, based in Stanford, California, managed to design “a novel phage capable of fighting bacteria. A new era of antibiotics could be on the horizon,” describes a statement published on the university’s website. In science, the suffix “fago” means “to devour.”
This was how chemical engineer Brian Hie and graduate student in bioengineering Samuel King began studying bacteriophagus ΦX174 (pronounced "FYE-ex-1-7-4"). Hie, assistant professor of chemical engineering and fellow at the Dieter Schwarz Foundation in Data Science at Stanford University (USA), created Evo 2, a generational AI model that solves complex biological challenges by suggesting new DNA sequences. With only a minimum DNA fragment of ΦX1…
In science, the suffix "-phage" means "to devour." Therefore, the name "bacteriophage" might conjure up images of tiny organisms that "eat" bacteria. Even if this idea isn't entirely scientifically accurate, bacteriophages are nonetheless deadly bacteria...
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