Supercomputer helps researches in identifying chemicals to create coronavirus vaccine

To combat the ongoing global health crisis, human and artificial intelligence came together to work towards creating a vaccine to cure coronavirus. The world’s most powerful supercomputer, Summit, aided researchers in identifying chemical compounds which could be used to build a vaccine.

Summit, IBM’s fastest supercomputer built with ‘Brain of AI’ observed about 8000 simulations out of which it identified 77 drug compounds which could be used to build an effective chemical combination to stop the infected cells from spreading. This research was undertaken by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, who published their study in the journal ChemRxiv.

These findings would form base for the future studies and would prove to be a crucial step in developing a vaccine. However the journey of reaching the final vaccine is still not that close.

“Our results don’t mean that we have found a cure or treatment for the coronavirus,” Jeremy Smith, director of the University of Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Laboratory centre for molecular biophysics said in the statement.

“We are very hopeful, though, that our computational findings will both inform future studies and provide a framework that experimentalists will use to further investigate these compounds.”

US Department of Energy commissioned Summit in 2014 to work towards solving global issues concerning, health, environment, etc. Besides, Summit has also contributed in recognising cellular patterns that precede Alzheimer's, analyzed genes which cause different addictions and forecasted extreme weather conditions based on climate simulations.

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