Newslink: AI-powered robot finds common soap ingredient may combat malaria
Around half of the world's population is at risk of contracting malaria and it causes around half a million deaths each year. However, the parasites that cause malaria are becoming more resistant to the drugs we currently use to combat them, meaning the global malaria risk stands to increase if we don't develop new drugs quickly enough. Well new research published recently in Scientific Reports finds that a common chemical used in everything from soap and toothpaste to clothing and furniture might be an effective treatment, and it was done with the help of AI.
https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/22/ai-powered-robot-common-chemical-combat-malaria/
Is there anything triclosan can't do?
But seriously, why leave thinking like this up to humans at all?
For first aid can with traditional medicine close to our environment like ginger boiled with boiling water, Pawpaw leaves are boiled with hot water. And so forth