With the help of Artificial Intelligence, US scientists from MIT found new antibiotics that could have the potential to kill all known harmful bacterias. They claim that the new antibiotics would be effective in killing the bacteria that have developed resistance to antibiotics. The discovery was published in the science journal Cell.
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Problem Statement The world is facing a problem with drug-resistant bacterias. The resistivity of bacteria increases because of the inappropriate intake of antibiotics, which strengthens the harmful bacteria even more. Due to this, the health sector is at risk of running out of effective drugs against harmful bacterias. Also, due to inappropriate intakes, medicines sometimes don’t prove effective when needed the most.
Problem Solving Roots of the discovery lie in the algorithm that was inspired by the structure of the human brain. This algorithm made with the help of MIT has been used to diagnose the structure of 2,500 drugs and other compounds to find the most anti-bacterial compound capable of killing E.coli. It is for the first time that a drug found by AI is being used in human trials. In fact, a study proves that AI is more accurate in diagnosing than doctors. The molecule called “Halicin” is the result of the study. This molecule is the only effective antibiotic, which prevents the development of resistance power in the E. coli. As per the study, it is able to kill some strains that are resistant to all known antibiotics.
MIT’s #DeepLearning found an #antibiotic for a germ nothing could kill – the resulting compound, halicin, can destroy a pathogen for which no cure has existed, and it could even help in the fight against #coronavirus. @TiernanRayTech @ZDNet #healthtech #AI https://t.co/GKqogUFjat — Mathias Golombek (@EXAGolo) March 17, 2020
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Artificial intelligence, sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals. Leading AI textbooks define the field as the study of “intelligent agents”: any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of successfully achieving its goals. Colloquially, the term “artificial intelligence” is often used to describe machines (or computers) that mimic “cognitive” functions that humans associate with the human mind, such as “learning” and “problem-solving”. More Info
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