UK scientists test first AI-designed universal vaccinefirst AI-designed universal vaccine in humans
Scientists in the United Kingdom have begun human trials of what they describe as the world’s first AI-designed vaccine. The experimental shot is intended to protect against several viruses, and the work matters because it could speed up future vaccine development during outbreaks.
- Machine learning is increasingly used to search for vaccine targets that would take humans much longer to compare manually.
- Mers is caused by a coronavirus related to the viruses behind SARS and Covid-19.
- Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert helped lead the Oxford team behind one of the earliest Covid-19 vaccines.
