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

Picture this: a computer sitting in a lab, essentially “thinking up” brand new forms of life from scratch. That’s exactly ...

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

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Researchers identify LRP8 as the essential receptor for tick-borne encephalitis virus in brain cells, offering new targets ...

To reflect this reality, the Gladstone Institute of Virology has taken on a new name: the Gladstone Infectious Disease ...

When some bacteria manage to escape being killed by a virus, the microbes end up hamstringing themselves. And that could be useful in the fight to treat infections. “We’re kind of expecting phage ...

Amoebae receive surprising support in defense against viruses: The bacteria they are infected with prevent them from being destroyed by giant viruses. Microbiologists have investigated how a virus ...

AI designed new bacteriophages that killed E. coli in lab tests, promising advances but raising safety concerns.

In one of the busiest hospitals in Melbourne, a potentially fatal epidemic of antibiotic-resistant germs compelled physicians ...

Amoebae receive surprising support in defense against viruses: The bacteria they are infected with prevent them from being destroyed by giant viruses. A research team led by microbiologist Matthias ...