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LESSON 5 · Poison, Cure & Everything Between

PAUSE TO THINK

How long did it take AI to find a powerful new antibiotic that humans had missed?

Days

In 2020, an MIT model identified halicin, a compound structurally unlike any existing antibiotic. It kills bacteria that resist all known drugs. By comparison, traditional drug discovery takes 10-15 years and costs about $2.6 billion per drug.

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