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Claude Just Found a Strange DNA System That Scientists Had Overlooked
Anthropic says its Claude AI has identified a previously uncharacterized biological system hidden inside DNA, after searching hundreds of thousands of reverse transcriptases and spotting an unusual pattern that researchers had not recognized before. The system, which Anthropic calls array-associated reverse transcriptases, or ART, contains a series of repeating DNA sequences that resemble a feature…
Scientists Asked AI To Create New Viruses. It Invented 16 That Never Existed Before
For decades, scientists have searched nature for viruses that could help tackle some of medicine’s toughest problems. This time, they tried something completely different. Instead of hunting for naturally occurring viruses, researchers asked artificial intelligence to design entirely new ones from scratch. What happened next surprised even the experts. Out of thousands of AI-generated genetic…
How Viruses Are Teaching Scientists to Kill Drug-Resistant Superbugs
Something is going wrong with one of modern medicine’s greatest achievements. Antibiotics, the drugs that turned once-fatal infections into minor inconveniences, are losing their power. And they’re losing it fast. In the United States alone, antibiotic-resistant bacteria now kill someone every 15 minutes. Across the globe, antimicrobial resistance claims an estimated 700,000 lives each year.…