A.I. Is Not Going to Magically Deliver a Coronavirus Vaccine

The discovery of a chemical compound with antibiotic properties is a helpful case study in the potential — and limits — of using A.I. to develop new treatments

Corinne Purtill
OneZero
Published in
6 min readAug 5, 2020

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Photo of a researcher wearing gloves and safety gear pipetting into tubes.
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In late February, a paper appeared in the journal Cell with encouraging news regarding one of the…

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Corinne Purtill
OneZero

Journalist with words at Time, Quartz, and elsewhere. Author of Ghosts in the Forest, a Kindle Single.