The Scientists Using AI to find New Solutions to Antibiotic Resistance | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
How can the antibiotic resistance crisis be addressed? A team of scientists at MIT is using computer modelling to find molecules with antibiotic properties.
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- Clip length: 6'19''
- Broadcast year: 2021
Curriculum Connection
- Biology | Infection and response | Making medicines | The development and testing of new drugs
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- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Four
- Programme: Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
- Series: 1
- Episode: Medical Drugs
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