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NEC taps AI for faster path to coronavirus vaccine

Japanese group conducts genetic analysis, now seeks partners for trials

NEC has joined the ranks of companies searching for a coronavirus vaccine.   © Reuters

TOKYO -- Japanese technology group NEC has used artificial intelligence to conduct a faster genetic decoding of the novel coronavirus, aiming to accelerate the development of a vaccine to quell the pandemic.

NEC completed its analysis of the genetic structure in a month, far less time than typically needed to decode a virus.

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