
In the unfolding narrative of biotechnology, 2025 is proving nothing short of electrifying. Recently, a new frontier has emerged at the intersection of generative artificial intelligence and genomics, with the debut of GENERator, a genomic foundation model that reads—and even writes—DNA sequences across remarkably long contexts. arXiv Built with 1.2 billion parameters and trained on…

The rising threat of antibiotic resistance presents a critical challenge to global healthcare. Conventional antibiotics are becoming less effective, with multidrug-resistant bacteria and fungi endangering millions of lives annually. To address this crisis, researchers of some Chinese universities have turned to artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool for the de novo design of antimicrobial peptides…