BioNTech and AI start-up develop tool to predict high-risk coronavirus #variants | Financial Times
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1/10 - “A new early warning system can predict the highest-risk coronavirus variants simply from their genetic code, alerting health authorities and vaccine developers to the potential risks months before they spread, according to a study.”
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2/10 - “The AI-based program, developed by BioNTech and north African AI start-up InstaDeep, identified more than 90% of VOCs, including the highly transmissible #Omicron strain, on average two months before their designation by the WHO.”
3/10 - “The results from the study show that the program can evaluate the risks of new variants from their spike proteins within minutes, and monitor them as they evolve nearly in real time.”
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