AI is currently best utilized for searching large search spaces to shrink the haystack of potential chemical compounds and provide a list of the most promising ones for treating a given disease. However, AI is more effective in the initial stages of drug discovery to make the process more manageable. Despite this, there are still no great tools to inform the process of determining the effectiveness of the discovered compounds.
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Today’s guests:
- Kirsten Grind, enterprise reporter for The Wall Street Journal
- Felix Wong, postdoctoral fellow at M.I.T. and co-founder of Integrated Biosciences
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