New AI Predicts How Viruses Like COVID May Mutate to Evade Immunity
- New AI tool EVEscape can predict how viruses like COVID-19 may mutate to escape immune system
- Accurately predicted major COVID variants; can rank new variants every 2 weeks
- Uses evolutionary data and biological/structural virus details to make predictions
- Can help design vaccines and therapies resistant to viral mutations
- Flexible framework can be applied to other viruses like HIV and influenza
