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AI can now be used to design brand-new viruses. Can we stop it from making the next devastating bioweapon?

Scientists have used AI to design bacteriophages, or viruses that infect only bacteria. Does the prospect of designing ...
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Visualizing virology via data science: How one UAB microbiologist has helped pave the way for bioinformatics and viral taxonomy

“I’m a virologist at heart,” Lefkowitz said. “I’ve always been a virologist. And as much as computational work drives what I do, I do it because of my interest in biology, especially in viruses.” ...