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@sanqueue@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Using AI, researchers identify a new class of antibiotic candidates that can kill a drug-resistant bacterium

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Using AI, researchers identify a new class of antibiotic candidates that can kill a drug-resistant bacterium

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@sanqueue@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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Using a type of artificial intelligence known as deep learning, MIT researchers have discovered a class of compounds that can kill a drug-resistant bacterium that causes more than 10,000 deaths in the United States every year.
  • @MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world
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    I guess all the people solely cheering for this aren’t aware of the damage we’ve been doing to ourselves with antibiotics:

    While antibiotic resistance gets all the attention, the damage being done to our host-native microbiomes is arguably as big a threat as climate change, as the damage compounds over generations, and once it’s gone you can’t get it back. (Apr 2019).

    Resistance may already be a solved problem: https://humanmicrobiome.info/antibiotics/#fmt-to-counter-antibiotic-resistance

    • @SpaghettiYeti@lemmy.world
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      14•2 years ago

      Interesting. Who is the seemingly random person posting on a forum about human biomes? Do you have a peer reviewed paper on it?

      • @MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world
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        2•2 years ago

        It says who they are in their signature. And a plethora of peer-reviewed papers are cited.

    • @lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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      6•2 years ago

      Would you prefer to live in a world without antibiotics?

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        Only a Sith deals in absolutes. https://humanmicrobiome.info/antibiotics/#antibiotics-overuse

        IMO, the lack of ability for nuance is a sign of low intelligence.

        Relevant: Antibiotics that kill gut bacteria also stop growth of new brain cells: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160519130105.htm

        • @lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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          10•2 years ago

          There was no nuance in what you posted. Being a dick about it is a sign of low emotional intelligence. As is responding with a Star Wars quote that implies anyone saying it is a Sith.

          • @MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world
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            1•2 years ago

            There was no nuance in what you posted

            This is a flat out lie. The fact that people are upvoting it is very depressing. It’s disappointing to see that people on lemmy aren’t any smarter than people on reddit.

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              deleted by creator

      • @Psythik@lemmy.world
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        1•2 years ago

        No but people should really stop abusing OTC antibiotics like Neosporin. You don’t have to put it on every wound.

        • @lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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          4•2 years ago

          Yes but there’s no reason to snark about a new class of antibiotics unless you think they shouldn’t be used at all.

        • InEnduringGrowStrong
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          2•2 years ago

          I tend to have wounds scab into the dressing which sucks because it rips out when you change it. Which is why I got vitamin E gel for those times I don’t need an antibiotics. The capsules are also more convenient to carry around than a tube and take virtually no space in a bag/kit.

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