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The use of AI to streamline drug discovery is exploding. MIT researchers developed an algorithmic framework to automatically identify optimal molecular candidates


The SPARROW algorithm developed by MIT researchers automatically identifies the best molecules from a vast variety of options to test as potential new medicines.

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