Scientists discover the first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI - eviltoast

Scientists discover the first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI::A new class of antibiotics for drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria which was discovered using more transparent deep learning models.

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    11 months ago

    The first sentence was sarcasm. How does a company mass produce something that makes no money?

    Financially illiterate people seem to be under the impression that rare treatments with high markup are the fiscal bedrock of pharmaceuticals when the reality is that smaller profit but mass produced medicines comprise far greater total income.