scienceUpdated: Dec 05, 2020, 21:30 ISTArtificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are helping analyse massive amounts of data around the human genome and drug molecules, and these new-age technologies can play an important role in the fight against Covid-19, industry experts said on Saturday. Click here for complete coverage of Covid-19Speaking at KnowDis Machine Learning Day, Avantika Lal - Senior Scientist (Deep Learning and Genomics) at NVIDIA - said larger data sets on genome sequences (DNA arrangement) are being acquired, and this data is being studied for multiple parameters. Lal added that massive data sets are collected that are very complicated and contain many different related kinds of information. He explained that a special type of AI called Deep Learning can help answer the question of which existing drugs can modify to the viral proteins active in the replication of the coronavirus. He added that this can narrow down the time to develop the drug greatly, accelerating the efforts to combat the virus.

Source: Hindustan Times December 05, 2020 16:02 UTC