All Pedro J. Ballester articles

  • Streptococcus_pneumoniae_-_A_causative_bacteria_of_meningitis
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    Can AI find drugs to fight infection?

    2026-09-16T14:30:00Z

    Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify approved drugs that may be effective against Streptococcus pneumoniae. Using a dataset of molecules shown to be active against S. pneumoniae and a larger dataset of molecules inactive against another drug-resistant bacterium, the scientists trained three different learning algorithms.