Scientists have used artificial intelligence to design complete, functioning viruses with genomes never seen before in nature — a breakthrough that could open new avenues for fighting drug-resistant ...

A rendering shows the molecular structure of one of the viruses that the team created. (VIDEO: Samuel King and others) Artificial-intelligence systems have been displaying some eye-opening new ...

Scientists used an artificial intelligence program to create new viral genomes that are different from any known natural viruses and that targeted specific hosts, according to a new study. The ...

Assistant professor Brian Hie, pictured on the left with a colleague, said of the work "this was new territory for us" Artificial Intelligence has been used to design brand new viruses that are fully ...

Scientists in the US have for the first time used artificial intelligence to create viruses unknown in nature, a milestone in synthetic biology that promises advances in healthcare but also raises ...

Researchers say breakthrough offers hope for new medicines but also raises urgent biosecurity questions Scientists have made the first viruses designed by artificial intelligence in a milestone that ...

West Nile virus (WNV) is making an early and active return in the United States this year, putting a renewed spotlight on the nation’s most common mosquito-borne disease. But for a small percentage of ...

Phase 1 trial will evaluate safety and immune response for a strain of Ebola virus disease with no licensed vaccines indicated Phase 1 trial is being conducted in Canada as part of our expanded ...

The ESA and The Pokémon Company announced a World Space Week collaboration on August 4, running October 4-10. Details are thin so far, but Pokémon has partnered with a real space program before. The ...

Researchers have identified New York State's first case of the Bourbon virus, a rare and potentially fatal tick-borne illness with no known cure or vaccine. Transmitted by the lone star tick, the ...