Re:New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria found i...
by throw310822 on Friday April 04, 2025 @09:01AM
(#43581691)
Or try an evolutionary approach. Artificially enforce some dependency between an organisms' (fungi, bacteria) ability to kill a wide spectrum of targets, and their own continued survival. Let the organism spread on a large matrix in close contact with the targets and zap the areas where the targets are thriving; repeat until you have evolved strains that are effective in destroying the targets. Wonder if it's possible or even been tried.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria found i...
by treyd on Friday April 04, 2025 @09:41AM
(#43582248)
I believe there's a group [1] at the MIT Media Lab doing this. Certainly others.
[1] https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/sculpting-evolution/overvie...