CMU Team develops machine learning platform that mines nature for new drugs

(Carnegie Mellon University) Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Computational Biology Department in the School of Computer Science have developed a new process using machine learning algorithms to match the signals of a microbe's metabolites with its genomic signals and identify which likely correspond to a natural product. Knowing that, researchers are better equipped to isolate the natural product to begin developing it for a possible drug and possibly reinvigorate the search for natural product drugs.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news