Tag: phage therapy

  • Scientists Asked AI To Create New Viruses. It Invented 16 That Never Existed Before

    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

    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.…