AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years

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AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years

Tom Gerken

Technology reporter

Getty Images What tuberculosis looks like under a microscope. There are around thirty long white worm-like germs wit red exteriors and red lines through the middle.Getty Images

Cases of tuberculosis (pictured) have increased in the UK and worldwide as the disease increases its resistance to antibiotics

A complex problem that took microbiologists a decade to get to the bottom of has been solved in just two days by a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool.

Professor José R Penadés and his team at Imperial College London had spent years working out and proving why some superbugs are immune to antibiotics.

He gave “co-scientist” -…

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