AI Is Learning to Write Genetic Code
AI models generated viable bacteriophage genomes, with 16 designs successfully replicating and some outperforming the original virus at attacking E. coli.
Two AI models generated complete genome designs for bacteriophages modeled on ΦX174, a virus known to infect E. coli. Researchers produced about 700,000 candidate designs, selected 285 promising ones, and synthesized DNA inserted into E. coli, yielding 16 viable viruses. Some of the newly generated viruses proved more effective at attacking E. coli than the original bacteriophage.
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