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Bacterialviral conflicts shape cholera evolution

Genomic and experimental evidence indicates bacteriophage predation drives an evolutionary arms race with Vibrio cholerae, shaping cholera disease dynamics in humans.

Artificial intelligence

fromMail Online

7 months ago

Artificial Armageddon? AI can now be used to design brand-new VIRUSES

An AI model designed novel bacteriophages capable of infecting and killing specific E. coli strains, raising biosafety and misuse concerns.

fromFuturism

7 months ago

Scientists Printed Viruses Designed by AI and They're Successfully Reproducing

Think of them like pesky little genomic robots that hijack our biology to replicate, since they don't generate their own energy and can't reproduce on their own. They aren't made of cells, and are driven by a ruthless set of programmed instructions to multiply at all costs. Since their genomes are pretty simple, they're easier to tinker with and less ambitious for a human or machine to recreate. Remember: a genome is the DNA in an organism, not just a few strands.

Science

fromwww.scientificamerican.com

8 months ago

Your Gut Is Full of VirusesAnd That's a Good Thing

A diverse gut virome, dominated by bacteriophages, continually shapes health by modulating bacterial populations, transferring genes like antibiotic resistance, and changing with age, diet, and environment.

Coronavirus

fromwww.nature.com

11 months ago

Protein-primed homopolymer synthesis by an antiviral reverse transcriptase

The DRT9 system uses RNA templates to synthesize poly-deoxyadenylate as a novel bacterial immunity mechanism against viral infections.