Using AI to outsmart drug-resistant bacteria

Globally recognized as a silent pandemic, antimicrobial resistance continues to rise as bacteria outpace the development of new antibiotics. When patients stop responding to standard treatments, routine infections can quickly become life-threatening. At the University of Cambridge, Ben Luisi and his team are combining structural biology with advanced AI tools like AlphaFold, Gemini, and Co-Scientist to decode these hidden defense mechanisms. By compressing a process that once took years into just minutes, they are uncovering the critical insights needed to outsmart bacterial evolution. Learn more about science at Google DeepMind: https://deepmind.google/science/ #googleio #ai #science ___ Subscribe to our channel https://www.youtube.com/@googledeepmind Find us on X https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind Follow us on Instagram https://instagram.com/googledeepmind Add us on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/deepmind/