MIT Uses Artificial Intelligence to Identify Powerful New Antibiotic

MIT researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound using a machine-learning algorithm. A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill many species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Using a machine-learning algorithm, MIT researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound. In laboratory tests, the drug killed many of the world's most problematic disease-causing bacteria, including some strains that are resistant to all known antibiotics. It also cleared infections in two different mouse models.