Indian-American teenager discovers a molecule that could lead to a potential COVID-19 therapy

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Anika Chebrolu, from Frisco, Texas, won the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, which is regarded as the premier middle school science competition in the US, for discovering a molecule that many hope could lead to a potential cure.

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"Chebrolu started off working on ways to fight the seasonal flu, but like many professional scientists, her plans changed when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. In order to find her potential drug, she used multiple computer programs to identify how and where the molecule would bind to the SARS-CoV-2 virus." — ABC News

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