How we're using AI to discover new antibiotics | Jim Collins
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How we're using AI to discover new antibiotics | Jim Collins
Before the coronavirus pandemic, bioengineer Jim Collins and his team combined the power of AI with synthetic biology in an effort to combat a different looming crisis: antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Collins explains how they pivoted their efforts to begin developing a series of tools and antiviral compounds to help fight COVID-19 -- and shares their plan to discover seven new classes of antibiotics over the next seven years.
(This ambitious plan is a part of The Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)
