A team of researchers from the University of Glasgow has been using artificial intelligence to find animal diseases that can be transferred to humans.
The researchers put together a database of 800 animal viruses known to have zoonotic qualities, meaning that they can infect humans. Then, the AI is used to identify risk factors and potential threats using viral genomes.
The team of researchers seem to have already found success with their AI system and plan to continue using it since it can sort through animal viruses with zoonotic qualities much faster than any human could.
This technology could help to prevent another global wide pandemic from happening, as researchers can predict which animal diseases are most likely to jump from wildlife to humans.
This AI technology will allow researchers to have a better grasp of zoonotic diseases and make it easier to try to prevent them from spreading amongst humans in the future.
Related Content:
- Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix are Producing a Public Health Documentary on Zoonotic Diseases
- Zoos and Aquariums Must Help Stop Zoonotic Diseases that Kill Millions of People Annually!
- How Rearing, Hunting, Trading, Killing, Dissecting and Eating Animals Leads to Zoonotic Diseases like COVID-19
For more Animal, Earth, Life, Vegan Food, Health, and Recipe content published daily. Subscribe to the One Green Planet Newsletter! Lastly, being publicly funded gives us a greater chance to continue providing you with high-quality content. Please consider supporting us by donating!
As long as humans continue exploiting animals, there will be more zoonotic pandemics to cull the human overpopulation.