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AI-designed drugs give scientists foothold in mission to fight superbugs

The AI system analysed more than 45 million molecular fragments, using machine learning algorithms to predict which combinations might kill bacteria while remaining safe for human cells. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Aug 18, 2025 02:09 am IST

New IIT Roorkee discovery offers hope against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

The newly discovered molecule belongs to a class of β-lactamase inhibitor drugs that prevent bacterial enzymes from breaking down life-saving antibiotics.
Published on Aug 11, 2025 05:59 pm IST

Superbugs threaten lives and may cost $2 trillion a year by 2050: Report

The study named ‘Forecasting the Fallout from AMR: Economic Impacts of Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans’ highlighted the economic cost of superbugs
Published on Jul 21, 2025 12:52 pm IST

How war zones fuel rise of ‘superbugs’ and their spread across borders

A Palestinian man wounded in an Israeli fire is transported on a donkey cart, following a delay in the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas over the hostage list, in the northern Gaza Strip, January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Updated on Jan 25, 2025 01:25 pm IST

Superbugs: Is this global health threat potentially worse than Covid-19?

Superbugs vs Covid-19: Comparing scale and severity of global health threats, preparing for next health catastrophe
Published on Jun 22, 2024 01:11 pm IST