An AI system identified a potential new drug in just 46 days by Charlotte Jee via @techreview

Using general adversarial networks (GANs) and reinforcement learning, researchers at the University of Toronto working with AI startup Insilico Medicine, created 30,000 designs for molecules that target a protein linked with fibrosis (tissue scarring) in 21 days. Six of these molecules were synthesized in the lab, two of those were tested in cells, and the most promising one was tested in mice. The researchers concluded the mouse-tested molecule was potent against the protein and showed “drug-like” qualities. The entire process took just 46 days.

Just wow - thi is some great progress and I just want this to be used against all sorts of illnesses to make some amazing progress. This is definitely a technique that requires further investigation and experimenting so it can be used.