Health Desk- 25 February 2020: In a world first, scientists have discovered a new type of
antibiotic using artificial intelligence (AI).
It has been heralded by experts as a major breakthrough in
the fight against the growing problem of drug resistance.
A powerful algorithm was used to analyse more than one
hundred million chemical compounds in a matter of days.
The newly discovered compound was able to kill 35 types of
potentially deadly bacteria, said researchers.
Antibiotic-resistant infections have risen in recent years -
up 9% in England between 2017 and 2018, to nearly 61,000.
If antibiotics are taken inappropriately, harmful bacteria
living inside the body can become resistant to them, which means the medicines
may not work when really needed.
Courtesy: BBC Health
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