Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong have developed an algorithm that can predict the effectiveness of vaccines against Covid-19 variants with an accuracy rate of 95 per cent. The university said on Thursday (July 14) that the tool was the world’s first bioinformatic platform that used computer and genomic information to determine how well vaccines protected against the...
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Maggie Wang Hai-Tian, one of the leaders of the research team behind the discovery, said the platform could showcase results faster than traditional methods. It was developed using data from nearly two million Covid-19 genetic sequences, as well as 49 clinical trials and observational studies.Wang said the research found that mRNA vaccines, such as the German-made BioNTech shots, were more effective than inactivated ones in protecting against symptomatic infections.
“We are working with an mRNA vaccine manufacturer,” Wang said. “They really want to know how they should design the vaccine’s components. We have given them a series of evaluations to help them select the components.”
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