AI designs effective antibiotics atom by atom

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This is the really good side of AI, it's not just about putting people out of work. As usual, technology is a double edged sword and whether it's good or bad depends on how it's used.

Artificial intelligence has invented two new potential antibiotics that could kill drug-resistant gonorrhoea and MRSA, researchers have revealed.

The drugs were designed atom-by-atom by the AI and killed the superbugs in laboratory and animal tests.

The two compounds still need years of refinement and clinical trials before they could be prescribed.

But the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) team behind it say AI could start a "second golden age" in antibiotic discovery.

AI designs new superbug-killing antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA

Two new potential drugs have been designed by AI to kill drug-resistant bacteria, in a major Massachusetts Institute of Technology study.

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