MIT researchers have discovered a class of compounds that can kill a drug-resistant bacterium (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT researchers have discovered a class of compounds that can kill a drug-resistant bacterium

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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.

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Christine Daniloff, MIT; Janice Haney Carr, CDC; iStock

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