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Scientists use AI to design brand new virusesA smart computer program wrote the code of life to invent 16 viruses that never existed before.- 🧬 Scientists used a smart computer program to invent 16 brand new viruses that had never existed before.
- 💻 The AI works kind of like ChatGPT, but instead of writing words, it writes the code of life.
- 🦠 These new viruses only attack a type of bacteria called E. coli, so they are totally safe for people.
- 🎉 When scientists saw their new viruses working for the first time, the whole room clapped and cheered.
- 🔬 Doctors hope this kind of AI could one day help create new medicines to fight tough infections.
A special chewing gum that fights a germ called HPVScientists made a bean based chewing gum with a natural germ fighting protein inside.- 🍬 Scientists made a special chewing gum that fights off a germ called HPV.
- 🔬 The gum is made from a bean called lablab and has a natural germ fighting protein inside.
- 📉 In tests, the gum cut HPV levels by up to 93 percent.
- 🦷 It also helped get rid of two types of bacteria linked to certain cancers.
- 🎉 Scientists hope chewing this gum could one day help keep people healthier.
🌟 Fun Fact!
Viruses are so tiny that about 500 million of them could fit on the tip of a single pencil! Scientists have discovered more than 6,000 different species of virus, and most of them actually live in the ocean and are harmless to people. 🌊
