Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Premethylenomycin C lactone, an intermediate in Streptomyces coelicolor's methylenomycin A pathway, is a potent antibiotic 100 times stronger than the final product.
AI has designed thousands of potential antibiotics. Will any work?
AI rapidly generates thousands of candidate antibiotic compounds, accelerating discovery but facing safety, efficacy, and regulatory hurdles before human testing.