WATERLOO — Two variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, were at the root of overcrowded hospitals and stricter public health guidelines earlier in the year.

With the spread of these variants, it was a question of how they would impact vaccine efficacy.

What if we had a technology that could identify mutations before they even occur?



A team of three researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed an artificial intelligence technology that can detect the most likely mutations in a virus.