AI Helps Create Life-Saving Drugs

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Drugs by Konstantin Lazorkin is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

“Drugs” by Konstantin Lazorkin is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

By: An Nguyen, Reporter

In order to find cures or vaccines for the current diseases we had to experiment countless times and waste millions of dollars, but now AI can help us find those formulas quicker by screening them and determining if the antibiotic is going to work based on the current knowledge of those antibiotics. This way it will be much quicker because a machine can screen them much faster then a scientist can therefore improving work speed by many times.

For more detailed information go to: https://news.mit.edu/2020/artificial-intelligence-identifies-new-antibiotic-0220

 

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