Human receives AI-designed virus for the first time

Researchers administered an AI-designed bacteriophage cocktail to a patient under a compassionate-use arrangement. The engineered viruses successfully eliminated the patient's antibiotic-resistant bacterial isolate in laboratory tests. This treatment advances AI-designed biological tools from computational predictions to direct clinical administration.

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