?? New Antibiotic Discovery After Decades With AI
The frigid temperatures that we’ve been experiencing over the long weekend are expected to rise today before falling again for the rest of the week. Despite the cold, the HealthTech world continues to make waves.
Here’s a sneak peak into what we’re covering today:
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ANALYSIS
AI Sparks Discovery Of A New Antibiotic After Decades
What is happening: A new class of antibiotics for drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria was discovered, leading to a new breakthrough in almost six decades. The breakthrough leveraged a more transparent deep learning model to predict the activity and toxicity of a novel compound.?
How it works: To create the training data, approximately 39,000 compounds were evaluated for their antibiotic activity against MRSA.
Researchers used three additional deep-learning models to evaluate compound toxicity on various human cells, integrating these predictions with antimicrobial activity to screen 12 million compounds. They identified five classes effective against MRSA and tested approximately 280 compounds, revealing two promising antibiotics from the same class.
AI is increasingly being applied in drug discovery to accelerate the identification of potential drug candidates, predict their properties, and optimize the drug development process. The research not only introduces a potential solution to antibiotic resistance but also emphasizes the efficiency and insightfulness of AI in drug discovery.
Read more about the discovery here.
TOP STORY
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3 Tech Innovations Transforming Geriatric Monitoring
With over 95% of the older population affected with at least one chronic condition, there’s a need for better healthcare solutions for the geriatric population.?
Remote monitoring is one such solution that tracks data such as vitals, lifestyle changes, diet, and more in real-time. Fluctuations in these data are reported to the physicians, who then send medical help in adverse scenarios.?
Remote monitoring solutions are available in varied formats and they help with diverse elderly care. Top 3 solutions to look out for are:
Read about how technology is enabling better patient monitoring for elderly population here.
DEEP DIVE
What Is Clinical Data Warehousing
Clinical data warehousing involves the centralized storage and management of clinical data from various sources within the healthcare organization.
It serves as a comprehensive repository consolidating patient information, treatment records, and other relevant data, facilitating efficient analysis and decision-making in healthcare settings.
Here are the key aspects of data warehousing
Read about how data warehousing differs from data lake architecture here.