ST. PAUL, Minn. & SILVER SPRING, Md. - While it might seem like the coronavirus is never going away, people are still working hard to find a way to treat it.That includes one Texas teen, who just won $25,000 for her work on a possible solution for the virus.
14-year-old eighth-grader Anika Chebrolu of Frisco has won the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge for her study on COVID-19.Anika started working on ways to fight the flu for her project, but when the pandemic hit, her focus shifted to figuring out COVID-19.
Her breakthrough could mean the beginning of a viable treatment for the virus.SIGN UP FOR FOX 7 AUSTIN EMAIL ALERTSDOWNLOAD THE FOX 7 AUSTIN NEWS APPAnika used in-silico methodology for drug discovery to find a molecule that can.