We have discovered antibiotics in the global microbiome with AI, ask us anything

AskScience AMA Series: Researchers have discovered nearly 1 million new antibiotic molecules in the global microbiome using machine learning. The groundbreaking study, published in Cell, addresses the urgent need for new antibiotics and represents the largest antibiotic discovery exploration ever.

• Antimicrobial resistance could cause 10 million deaths per year by 2050
• The study analyzed 63,410 metagenomes and 87,920 microbial genomes
• The discovery includes several molecules effective in preclinical mouse models
• Machine learning techniques were pivotal to analyzing the vast data
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