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A critically ill patient received AI-created viruses to eliminate life-threatening bacteria. San Francisco-based company Radical Numerics announced that a patient received phages—viruses that attack bacteria—designed with its Omnii-1 AI model to fight an antibiotic-resistant infection.
There are no clinical results, and the report has not been peer-reviewed. The idea of using viruses as medicine is not new. They are being explored as an alternative to antimicrobial resistance, the phenomenon in which bacteria learn to survive antibiotics, rendering them ineffective. The Register adds that resistant infections are growing considerably around the world.
HEALTH!!
A critically ill patient received AI-created viruses to eliminate life-threatening bacteria. San Francisco-based company Radical Numerics announced that a patient received phages—viruses that attack bacteria—designed with its Omnii-1 AI model to fight an antibiotic-resistant infection.
There are no clinical results, and the report has not been peer-reviewed. The idea of using viruses as medicine is not new. They are being explored as an alternative to antimicrobial resistance, the phenomenon in which bacteria learn to survive antibiotics, rendering them ineffective. The Register adds that resistant infections are growing considerably around the world.
