Superbug-Killing Antibiotic Discovered Using AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been used by researchers to find a novel antibiotic that can eradicate a dangerous species of superbug.
Thousands of possible substances were reduced using artificial intelligence (AI) to a small number that could be evaluated in a lab.
Abaucin, a strong experimental antibiotic that was the end result, needs to undergo more testing before it can be utilised.
AI has the potential to significantly speed up the search for novel medicines, according to academics in Canada and the US.
It is the most recent illustration of how artificial intelligence’s tools might revolutionise science and medicine.
Bacteria are killed by antibiotics. Since there haven’t been any brand-new medications for decades, it’s getting more difficult to treat bacteria because they develop resistance to the ones we do have.
More than a million people a year are estimated to die from infections that resist treatment with antibiotics.
(With inputs from Shikha Singh)
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