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New method combines synthetic biology with AI in the cell-free quest for new antibiotics
The rising resistance of bacteria to antibiotics presents an escalating global health risk. Now‚ researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg‚ Germany‚ have combined synthetic biology and artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a more efficient approach to finding and creating new antimicrobial peptides that are effective against a wide range of bacteria. Their paper is published in the journal Nature Communications.