The scientist using AI to hunt for antibiotics just about everywhere

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• These peptides haven't yet been transformed into usable drugs that help people

  80% confidence

• It's only been a few years since folks have been using AI meaningfully in drug discovery

  80% confidence

• The use, overuse, and misuse of antibiotics drives antimicrobial resistance

  80% confidence

• De la Fuente is marvelously talented, very innovative

  80% confidence

• De la Fuente has really helped pioneer the space of harnessing AI for real-world problems

  80% confidence

• Drug discovery in any domain is a statistics game. You need enough shots on goal to happen to get one

  80% confidence

• This is the world that we live in today, and it's incredible

  80% confidence

• AI has already saved decades of human research time

  80% confidence

• Antimicrobial resistance deaths could surge past 8 million by 2050

  80% confidence

• Many companies that attempted antibiotic development have folded because there's no good return on investment

  80% confidence

• Researchers have moved from using predictive models to developing generative approaches

  80% confidence

• Antimicrobial resistance is an almost impossible problem

  80% confidence

• The world of antibiotic development needs as much creativity and innovation as researchers can muster

  80% confidence

• The antibiotic discovery pipeline remains perilously thin, impeded by high development costs, lengthy timelines, and low returns on investment

  80% confidence

• Biology is an information source like a bunch of code

  80% confidence

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