AI BriefingAI-Designed Vaccine Begins World's First Human Clinical Trial
Key point
An AI-designed 'super-antigen' vaccine has entered the world's first human clinical trial to counter mutating viruses.
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Existing vaccines are designed to target a single variant, causing their efficacy to decline as the virus continues to mutate.
A Cambridge research team trained an AI on the genetic codes of various coronaviruses to design a 'super-antigen.'
This super-antigen is designed to respond not just to specific variants but to an entire virus family, aiming to build broad immunity including against animal-derived viruses. The vaccine incorporating this technology has now entered the world's first human clinical trial stage.
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