Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.
The State Department is taking over much of the control of global health initiatives, for which critics say the department does not have the expertise.
The Bundibugyo virus, a little known type, previously had caused just two small outbreaks. Now itβs at the center of a rapidly widening epidemic in Africa.
Clinical trials in China are getting attention at an international oncology gathering in Chicago. Chinaβs surging biotechnology industry is fueling alarm that U.S. dominance in the field is waning.