Google DeepMind's Co-Scientist helps identify drugs against liver fibrosis
Uncovering repurposed medicines to fight liver fibrosis
What happened
Stanford School of Medicine geneticist Gary Peltz used Google DeepMind's Co-Scientist to screen for anti-fibrotic drugs. Of the three candidates it proposed, two successfully blocked fibrosis and promoted liver-cell regeneration in experiments with live human liver cells; neither of the two candidates Peltz selected himself was effective.
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