Articles for tag: AICreation, ArtificialIntelligence, FutureOfScience, GeneticEngineering, SyntheticBiology

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Could AI Create a New Species From Scratch?

Suhail Ahmed

Speculative? Absolutely. But the question is no longer pure science fiction. In labs across the world, algorithms are proposing new proteins, guiding genome edits, and nudging cells to behave in ways nature never tried. The mystery is whether these tools can ever cross the line from redesigning life to inventing it – producing living, reproducing ...

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Could Human DNA Be Engineered to Resist All Viruses?

Suhail Ahmed

A grand, unsettling question is quietly moving from science fiction into lab conversations: could we rewrite human DNA so viruses simply can’t take hold? The idea landed in my inbox after yet another season of respiratory bugs, and it felt both audacious and strangely inevitable. We’ve learned to design vaccines in weeks and read genomes ...