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Genome language models design whole functional phages

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Researchers used genome language models to design whole phages, yielding 16 functional genomes whose cocktail beat bacteria already resistant to a natural phage, a first at genome scale.

Reported metric: 16 functional genomes

Reporting date: 2026-08-06 (not necessarily the event date)

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Genome language models design whole functional phages
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Reporting date: 2026-08-06
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Claim: Researchers used genome language models to design whole phages, yielding 16 functional genomes whose cocktail beat bacteria already resistant to a natural phage, a first at genome scale.
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