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

Because of existing UN conventions and protocols, according to environmental law experts, a moratorium would have limited practical impact. For that reason, this debate feels like an era-defining ...

AI-guided design of 16 functional bacteriophage genomes offers a path for phage-based therapies against antibiotic-resistant infections.

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function. But how and why did it come to be the way it is?

Artificial intelligence, known for drawing cat pictures and writing emails, has now achieved a major scientific milestone by ...

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

A group of Stanford bioengineers claim that they've created synthetic bacteriophages using AI-generated designs that not only ...

The world of protein engineering just took a giant leap forward. A team in China has developed a method that makes designing better proteins faster, cheaper, and easier.

Zhang, a UC Berkeley professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is trying to distinguish the healthy bacteria in our ...

Scientists are exploring how engineered bacteria could reduce cavities and make brushing less necessary by reshaping your ...