Could AI Help Vaccine Developers See Into The Future?

Researchers Are Using All Tools At Their Disposal To Be Ready For Future Disease Outbreaks And Keep Ahead Of Virus Mutations

Rapidly-mutating viruses can easily outpace even the fastest vaccine developers. To prevent another pandemic, biotechs are hoping AI might be able to predict mutations of concern and design vaccines against them before they arise.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry, academia and health care providers rallied to rapidly create and deploy vaccines against the SARS‑CoV‑2 virus.

While these efforts initially proved successful in reducing its spread, the virus soon mutated – resulting in a game of...

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