AI now designs custom phages on demand to kill superbugs, replacing sewage hunting
RobertWKemp · x · 2026-10-24
Finding a phage that kills your superbug used to mean digging through sewage hoping to find one of the right killers among 10^31 bacteria on Earth. Now AI can design custom-tailored phages on demand to take down drug-resistant germs, per a post tagging Peter Diamandis and Alex Wissner-Gross.
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