1+ hour, 5+ min ago   (175+ words) Science 2.0 Evo 2 - AI Creates 16 Viruses That Never Existed Before EVO2 is a Large Language Model trained using 9 trillion DNA base pairs from all domains of life. It can, their Nature paper says, predict everything from noncoding pathogenic mutations to clinically significant…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (496+ words) FDA-approved flu treatments target viral enzymes of influenza but the virus mutates, which is why there is a new vaccine each year. Recent work showed that a cocktail of antibodies offered protection mice from nearly every strain of influenza. Even…...