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Thomas Macaulay @ The Next Web · 02/15/2021 12:21 EDT

Scientists use AI to identify existing drugs to fight COVID-19

Scientists have used machine learning to find drugs already on the market that could also fight COVID-19 in elderly patients. “Making new drugs takes forever,” said study co-author Caroline Uhler, a computational biologist at MIT. “Really, the only expedient option is to repurpose existing drugs.” The study team searched for potential treatments by analyzing changes to gene expressions in lung cells caused by both the disease and aging. Uhler said this combination could help medical experts find drugs to te

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