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AI creates first synthetic viruses (europe.pub)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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Why go for the cures right?
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[–] 2 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

My thinking was that a novel bacteriophage could potentially clear out the bacteria in your intestines. Seems like natural bacteriophages are all pretty cool with humans, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    And that phage wouldn't kill all your gut flora, it would only kill one strain/species at most. Which is just a normal Tuesday for your gut microbiome.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Ah, yes, and that's why you were asking me how they worked, because I clearly did not. Thanks for the education! I wasn't expecting to learn about bacteriophages when I woke up this morning.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    it wont, each phage, is only able to infect one species, and even some strains only. theres always evolution arms race between bacteria and viruses, so theres is no virus attacks all bacteria. since more than one species exist in your gut. also it gets complicated if you consider bacteria can become resistant to phage infection, yes it can be overcome.

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