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Scientists discover first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI (www.euronews.com)
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A new class of antibiotics for drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria which was discovered using more transparent deep learning models.

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I think the headline is quite wrong in regards to this press release, since it's a new AI drug that is using a similar mechanism of action of an AI drug that was discovered in 2019. It's strange because it says exactly that in their source.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halicin

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1029354

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