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Sunday, March 11, 2018

Drug Robot Finds Toothpaste Ingredient

First thought this was describing a 'robot' in a general sense,  and the physical implementation was also required. But consider that the term robotic can be full or partial automation.

AI 'scientist' finds that toothpaste ingredient may help fight drug-resistant malaria

An ingredient commonly found in toothpaste could be employed as an anti-malarial drug against strains of malaria parasite that have grown resistant to one of the currently-used drugs. This discovery, led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, was aided by Eve, an artificially-intelligent ‘robot scientist’.  .... " 

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