Sarah Amandolare “New antibiotics discovered using AI!” That’s how headlines read in December 2023, when MIT researchers announced a new class of antibiotics that could wipe out the drug-resistant superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in mice. Powered by deep learning, the study was a significant breakthrough. Few new antibiotics have come out since the 1960s,...
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FDA: Asthma drug Singulair to get ‘black box’ warning
Asthma and allergy drug montelukast—sold as a generic and under the brand name Singulair—will get a “boxed warning” over potential ties to neuropsychiatric effects, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. The drug has long carried a warning that it has been linked with an increased risk for “agitation, depression, sleeping problems, and suicidal...