- Scientists used artificial intelligence to help find answers.
- They wanted to fight the monkeypox virus disease.
- Monkeypox can be very bad for children and pregnant women.
- In 2022 many people got sick around the world.
- Researchers studied blood from sick and vaccinated people.
- A team used AI to find which parts of the virus matter.
- They tested a virus protein in mice in a lab.
- The mice made immune proteins that stopped the virus.
- The discovery may help make cheaper vaccines and medicines.
Difficult words
- artificial intelligence — computer systems that learn from data
- virus — tiny germ that can make people sick
- pregnant — having a baby in the body
- researcher — person who studies and tests thingsResearchers
- protein — natural part of cells and virusesproteins
- immune — related to the body's defence against disease
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