News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Scientists use ML to find an antibiotic able to kill supe... by m3kw9 on Friday February 21, 2020 @09:19AM (#22383247)
Problem with many of these molecules that are found to work in mice, when put in human which is considerably more complex, say it goes thru the liver, the liver may break down most of it when circulating the blood stream. So now the drug needs to also resist that type of break down. Now multiply that by 10 to 100 of other types of reactions your body can generate from this.
Re:Scientists use ML to find an antibiotic able to kill supe... by pacman128 on Friday February 21, 2020 @09:56AM (#22383529)
Are humans more complex than mice or just different? I've always assumed the latter, but I'm in no way an expert.
Re:Scientists use ML to find an antibiotic able to kill supe... by whatshisface on Friday February 21, 2020 @10:41AM (#22383876)
The mouse genome is about 14% shorter than the human genome, although that could mean a lot or a little depending on certain other factors.
Re:Scientists use ML to find an antibiotic able to kill supe... by sjg007 on Saturday February 22, 2020 @11:10AM (#22391677)
Well c diff is in the gut so it’ll work there probably.