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

(University of Cambridge) 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.'
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news