AI Discovers New Antibiotic ''abaucin'' That Could Save Millions of Lives
Researchers at MIT and McMaster University have used artificial intelligence to discover a new antibiotic ''abaucin'' that is effective against a wide range of drug-resistant bacteria, including Acinetobacter baumannii, one of the 3 superbugs identified by the World Health Organization as a "critical threat" to humanity. In a major breakthrough for the fight against antibiotic resistance, scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to discover a new antibiotic that can kill drug-resistant bacteria. The antibiotic , which has been named abaucin , was identified by researchers at MIT and McMaster University. The team used AI to screen a library of over 100 million compounds, and abaucin was one of the few that showed promise in killing drug-resistant bacteria. In lab tests, abaucin was able to kill a wide range of drug-resistant bacteria, including E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii . It was also effective against bacteria that ...