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AI Designs Functional Viruses for the First Time: Regulations Lag Behind
Scientists from Stanford and the Arc Institute used Evo 1 and Evo 2 models to create genomes that produced 16 functional bacteriophages, raising questions about regulatory oversight.
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CRISPR enzyme that shreds DNA could kill cancer cells
Two new papers published in Nature describe how the unusual bacterial enzyme Cas12a2 recognizes cancer cell RNA and then destroys their entire DNA, causing cell self-destruction.