In the quest for new medicines, developers seek to make AI their divining rod

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Open this photo in gallery: Dr. Petrina Kamya in her office at Insilico Medicine in Montreal on Dec. 11, 2023. Dr. Kamya is the head of AI Platforms at Insilico Medicine, where her team oversees the development and implementation of artificial intelligence systems in the medical field.Evan Buhler/The Globe and Mail Petrina Kamya may be a biochemist, but the research and development centre she runs in Montreal is conspicuously devoid of lab coats, test tubes or chemicals. Instead, the newly opened facility consists of rows of computer stations where she and a team of 14 developers are working to harness...