AI
AI Designs Entirely New Viruses for the First Time
Generative artificial intelligence has successfully created 16 functional viruses that attack bacteria. The breakthrough opens the door to new therapies, but also raises urgent biosecurity questions.
Health
Mini-Brains Take on Deadly Childhood Tumor: Luciano Di Croce's Team Plan
Scientists in Barcelona have developed organoids to study diffuse midline glioma, a rare pediatric cancer, and identified two potential treatment targets.
Science
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.