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AI designs antibiotics to fight drug-resistant superbugs
Semafor ^ | Fri, August 15, 2025 | Tom Chivers

Posted on 08/15/2025 10:01:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway

An artificial intelligence model designed new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea and mRSA superbugs.

The overuse of antibiotics can create resistance, when the drugs kill off all but those bacteria most capable of surviving the treatment. It has led to the rise of some bugs that are all but impossible to treat with existing antibiotics, raising fears that modern medicine and surgery — reliant on antibiotics — could collapse, given that few new antibiotics are produced.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: ai; antibiotics; mrsa

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1 posted on 08/15/2025 10:01:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Clickbait BS


2 posted on 08/15/2025 10:35:28 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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To: nickcarraway

As much as we know about genetics it should not be that hard to build a defense to specific genetics.
Problem is that is a slippery slope nobody wants to slide down eg. killing people with Black skin, but leaving everybody else un-harmed.


3 posted on 08/15/2025 10:42:40 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: Getready

Nope.


4 posted on 08/15/2025 11:27:46 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: rellic

With the numerous complaints about AI creating bad software code and legal documemts, I would be leary of any drug it created.


5 posted on 08/16/2025 4:28:51 AM PDT by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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