24 June 2026
The bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae has evolved resistance to most antibiotics used to treat it, but a machine-learning screen reveals potential therapies.
A molecule flagged by an artificial-intelligence tool kills Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria (artificially coloured) that are resistant to several antibiotics. Credit: CNRI/SPL
Scientists have used a machine-learning strategy to discover antibiotics with fresh mechanisms, including two that do not structurally resemble antimicrobial drugs already in use1.
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