Scientists develop first-ever “broad-spectrum” bird flu vaccine using AI
Scientists used AI to design a vaccine capable of protecting against a wide range of bird flu variants. That’s a game changer for national biosecurity and more resilient public health systems, they say. Scientists at Cambridge University have developed a new vaccine using Artificial Intelligence that targets multiple strains of bird flu in one shot, rather than providing immunity to one variant. The jab could protect even from variants that haven’t
In a Cambridge animal study, an AI-designed bird flu vaccine fully protected mice and ferrets against genetically distinct variants, while only half the animals given the WHO's existing vaccine survived.
The protection was shown only in mice and ferrets; the vaccine still has to be tested in human clinical trials.
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- JournalismEuronews2026-11-06
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