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Vrinda Nair, Doctoral Student in Physics, Concordia University

The fight against antibiotic resistance is growing more urgent, but artificial intelligence can help

Artificial intelligence can be used to develop new drugs, quickly and cheaply. (Shutterstock)

Since the discovery of penicillin in the late 1920s, antibiotics have “revolutionized medicine and saved millions of lives.” Unfortunately, the effectiveness of antibiotics is now threatened by the increase of antibiotic-resistant bacteria globally.

Antibiotic-resistant infections cause the deaths of up to 1.2 million people annually, making them one of the leading causes of death.

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