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How AI is helping researchers develop new antibiotics

Season 2026 Episode 109 | 7m 31s

Drug-resistant infections are a major public health threat around the world. To fight them, scientists are constantly trying to find and develop new antibiotics. Now, researchers say artificial intelligence is helping speed their search. Miles O'Brien reports.

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