Computer Designed Nanoparticle COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate (VIDEO)

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine

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An ultrapotent nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccine candidiate has been developed at the University of Washington School of Medicine by using computer protein design. Brooke Fiala and Alexandra Walls explain how this candidate vaccine was created, based on structural analysis of the coronavirus infectivity mechanism, and the results of preclinical trials

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Iay Haydon/UW Medicine Institute for Protein Design

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