Scientists use AI to find new antibiotics, but can they climb out of the ‘valley of death’ to the clinic?

Helen Floersch

June 2, 2023

Developing a new antibiotic can take as long as 15 years. But in as few as two, the target bug can develop resistance to it. Jon Stokes, Ph.D., a professor from Canada’s McMaster University, sees a world where antibiotics get to patients more quickly—with a little help from artificial intelligence.

“I think that [AI models], when appropriately trained and leveraged for various prediction tasks, can help increase the rate at which we discover new candidates for drug development,” Stokes told Fierce Biotech Research…

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Scientists use AI to find new antibiotics, but can they climb out of the ‘valley of death’ to the clinic?

Helen Floersch

June 2, 2023

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