Schoolgirl awarded $25,000 for developing potential Covid-19 treatment – The Independent

A schoolgirl has been awarded $25,000 for her work on a potential Covid-19 drug treatment.
Anika Chebrolu, 14, developed a molecule that can bind to and prevent a specific protein of the coronavirus from functioning.
It’s exciting. I’m still trying to process everything,” she told KTVT.
I developed this molecule that can bind to a certain protein on the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This protein by binding to it it will stop the function of the protein.
Anika, who is from Frisco, Texas, was handed the p…

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