Posted 3/28/2024, 8:25:04 PM
AI Generates 6 New Antibiotic Candidates to Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria
- Stanford researchers used AI to generate chemical recipes for 6 new antibiotics that kill drug-resistant Acinetobacter bacteria
- The AI model, SyntheMol, was trained on over 130,000 molecular building blocks to create novel but synthesizable compounds
- Of 70 compounds tested, 6 killed Acinetobacter bacteria and other drug-resistant bugs in the lab
- The new antibiotics are very different from existing drugs, operating via unknown mechanisms
- Researchers are now testing the safety and efficacy of the AI-generated antibiotics in mice