Research into some diseases is moving ahead more rapidly with the help of artificial intelligence.
The researchers plan to use their modelling to identify potential antibiotics for other types of drug-resistant infections and hope such compounds will be developed for use in patients.Artificial intelligence is also being used in the fight against breast cancer, helping scientists develop a model which could predict whether an aggressive branch of the disease will spread.
Dr Anita Grigoriadis, who led the research at the Breast Cancer Now Unit at King's College London, said the development would give doctors"another tool in their arsenal for helping to prevent secondary breast cancer".
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