Stanford and Arc Institute used AI to design viruses that kill bacteria, sparking hope for new therapies and warnings over biosecurity risks.

The viruses had their DNA written by an AI model and are already wreaking havoc on bacteria in the real world.

This research underscores how biology and computation are merging. Generative AI — already used to design proteins and ...

In a breakthrough that pushes the boundaries of synthetic biology, researchers have for the first time used artificial ...

Immunotherapy has transformed the treatment of cancer, yet many patients do not have response or lasting benefit. Strategies ...

The work, described in a preprint paper, has the potential to create new treatments and accelerate research into artificially ...

Institute of Protein Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russian Federation Pushchino Branch, Shemyakin−Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the ...

The Natick Board of Health announced Friday that all outdoor activities in town will end by 7:00 p.m., due to an elevated risk level to West Nile virus. The state Department of Public Health confirmed ...

Scientists have decoded the 3D structure of an ancient viral protein hidden in our DNA. The HERV-K Env protein, found on cancer and autoimmune cells, has a unique shape that could unlock new ...

Health officials in southern China are waging war on mosquitoes as the government tries to fight the spread of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. Most people infected with the virus develop ...