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Ben Turner

Google's AI 'co-scientist' cracked 10-year superbug problem in just 2 days

Flaviviridae viruses, illustration. The Flaviviridae virus family is known for causing serious vector-borne diseases such as dengue fever, zika, and yellow fever.

Google's new artificial intelligence (AI) tool has cracked a problem that took scientists a decade to solve in just two days.

José Penadés and his colleagues at Imperial College London spent 10 years figuring out how some superbugs gain resistance to antibiotics — a growing threat that claims millions of lives each year.

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