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'World-first' vaccine designed by Artificial Intelligence
Key takeaways
- The team at the University of Cambridge say it is the first time a vaccine's key component has been designed entirely by AI and then trialled in people.
- The vaccine was engineered to work on all coronaviruses which would include all Covid variants and viruses that infect animals, but could start the next pandemic.
- The work is still in the early stages, but the team is already developing separate vaccines that could tackle flu and Ebola.
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James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Getty Images Artificial intelligence has been used to develop a "fundamentally new" type of vaccine that could protect against large swathes of viruses and prevent pandemics, say researchers.
The team at the University of Cambridge say it is the first time a vaccine's key component has been designed entirely by AI and then trialled in people.
The vaccine was engineered to work on all coronaviruses which would include all Covid variants and viruses that infect animals, but could start the next pandemic.
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