{"id":718290,"date":"2026-06-06T04:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/718290\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T04:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:36:15","slug":"ai-just-designed-a-fundamental-new-vaccine-for-viruses-researchers-say-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/718290\/","title":{"rendered":"AI just designed a \u2018fundamental new vaccine\u2019 for viruses, researchers say – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artificial intelligence<\/a> has now been used to create a \u201cfundamental new vaccine<\/a> technology\u201d that could protect against large swathes of viruses and prevent pandemics, according to researchers.<\/p>\n

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A team at the University of Cambridge says this is the first time that a vaccine whose active component was \u201cdesigned entirely by computer simulations has been tested in humans.\u201d<\/p>\n

The vaccine was designed to \u201cprovide protection against multiple Sarbeco coronaviruses \u2013 the large group of viruses that occur in nature including SARS-CoV-2, which caused the COVID pandemic,\u201d according to a University of Cambridge press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Results from the trials published in the Journal of Infection<\/a> state that the research, conducted between December 2021 and September 2023, involved 39 healthy volunteers between the ages of 18 and 50.<\/p>\n

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The vaccine \u201ctriggered immune responses in the volunteers not only to SARS-CoV-2 and SARS, but to related bat viruses that could potentially jump from animals to humans and cause future pandemics. \u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe super antigen is compatible with most vaccine delivery systems,\u201d the press release reads.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn this trial it was administered as DNA vaccine through a micro fluid jet. This needle-free delivery method offers an alternative to those with a fear of needle-based injections. This could make vaccination faster and easier to carry out in large numbers of people, especially in settings where conventional injections are more challenging to deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n

Professor Saul Faust from the University of Southampton, the trial\u2019s chief investigator, said in the press release that \u201cViruses like Influenza, Coronaviruses and the Ebola group are evolving continuously and by the time vaccines are rolled out, they may be poorly matched \u2013 the current \u2018reactive\u2019 vaccine system struggles to keep pace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new class of universal vaccines are future-proofed. They not only protect against many variants simultaneously, but potentially against related viruses that haven\u2019t yet emerged and spilt over to humans,\u201d Faust said.<\/p>\n

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The press release also states that \u201ca larger Phase two trial will next assess the vaccine\u2019s ability to induce immune responses in a wider and more diverse population, and confirm that it generates strong, broadly protective immune responses.\u201d<\/p>\n

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