New superbug-killing #antibiotic discovered using #AI
The AI was then unleashed on a list of 6,680 compounds whose effectiveness was unknown. The results - published in Nature Chemical Biology - showed it took the AI an hour and a half to produce a shortlist.
The researchers tested 240 in the laboratory, and found nine potential #antibiotics. One of them was the incredibly potent antibiotic #abaucin.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-65709834

"After scientists trained the AI model, they used it to analyze 6,680 compounds that it had previously not encountered. The analysis took an hour and half and ended up producing several hundred compounds, 240 of which were then tested in a laboratory. Laboratory testing ultimately revealed nine potential antibiotics, including #abaucin."

#Scientists use #AI to discover new #antibiotic to treat deadly #superbug | #Health | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/25/artificial-intelligence-antibiotic-deadly-superbug-hospital

New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using AI:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65709834

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41589-023-01349-8

Reading about a lot of wins lately in the medical/science fields where #AI has been applied to work through complex problems after being trained on sample training data.

The speed at which AI can solve these problems can surely only result in more breakthroughs like this as it evolves further. We live in exciting times!

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