AI Screens 6,747 Drugs, Finds Antibiotic That Fights Multidrug-Resistant Pneumococcus

A lab at Imperial College London used artificial intelligence to screen 6,747 drugs and found a veterinary antibiotic that can effectively fight a multidrug-resistant bacterial strain.

The AI identified tiostreptone, an antibiotic typically used in veterinary medicine, as a potential solution to combat the neumococcus multirresistente strain.

In lab tests, a tiny amount of tiostreptone was enough to reduce the bacterial growth by half.