Cambridge team designs AI-built bird flu vaccine

Researchers at Cambridge University have designed a vaccine that they say protects against many bird flu variants. The vaccine uses artificial intelligence to target several strains in a single shot. The study, published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, reports broader protection than single-strain candidates. The authors say the vaccine could also guard against variants that have not yet emerged, and that it could strengthen national biosecurity and public health resilience. Jonathan Heeney, the lead researcher, said the approach anticipates viral evolution rather than reacting to it.