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OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT used to discover antimicrobial molecules
AI language models accelerate the hunt for drug-resistant infection treatments by mining genetic databases.
A researcher's lab employs Codex and ChatGPT to search living and extinct genomes for antimicrobial candidates. The approach aims to identify new treatments for drug-resistant infections.
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What happened
César de la Fuente's laboratory uses OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT to identify antimicrobial molecules by searching through living and extinct genomes. The work targets the discovery of new candidates to combat drug-resistant infections.
Why it matters
AI-assisted genome analysis could accelerate antibiotic discovery at a time when drug resistance poses a severe public health threat. Applying large language models to biological sequence data represents a concrete use case beyond conversational applications.
What changes
Researchers now have AI tools to rapidly mine genetic databases for therapeutic candidates, reducing the time and labour required for traditional antimicrobial screening.
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