coli. They then selected around 100 candidates for physical testing before discovering halicin. "I think this is one of the more powerful antibiotics that has been discovered to date," said James ...

“Most antibiotics today have a single target ... which led to the discovery that halicin, previously researched as a treatment for diabetes, has antimicrobial properties.

The antibiotic halicin (originally a diabetes candidate) was found that way, after being evaluated against multiple bacterial strains to identify assets that could be repurposed. AI has also been ...