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  • 2020-10-23 (xsd:date)
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  • Yes, teenager Anika Chebrolu awarded US$25,000 for work on potential Covid-19 treatment (en)
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  • A graphic shared on Instagram claims a teen has won tens of thousands of dollars for work on a potential Covid-19 treatment. Above a photo of a young woman presenting a scientific poster and model is the headline: Meet Anika Chebrolu, the Indian-American teen who won $25,000 for work on potential Covid-19 treatment. Although originally posted on Instagram, Facebook’s fact-checking system has flagged the graphic as possibly false. Did an Indian-American teen develop a drug that could help combat Covid-19? We checked. Fine young scientist According to various 19 October 2020 news sources, a 14-year-old girl has won US$25,000 for a discovery that could potentially treat Covid-19. As the graphic shared on Instagram claims, her name is Anika Chebrolu. She is currently in grade 8 in Frisco in the US state of Texas. The 14-year-old won the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge , where students in grades 5 to 8 can submit a video describing a unique solution to an everyday problem for the chance to win $25,000 and a mentorship from a 3M scientist. The 3M Young Scientist Lab said Chebrolu used in-silico methodology for drug discovery to find a molecule that can selectively bind to the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in an attempt to find a cure for the Covid-19 pandemic. 3M is a US-based multinational company operating in industry, health care and consumer goods. Chebrolu won a mentorship with scientist Dr Mahfuza Ali , to transform her idea from concept to reality, according to CNN . She reportedly said her next goal is to develop her findings into an actual cure for the virus. So as one Instagram user claimed , it is not yet an antiviral drug that could treat the virus but a path into how a potential drug might work. Chebrolu told US TV show Good Morning America on 20 October that given the immense and severe impact Covid-19 has had on all of us across the world, I knew that it would be important to alter my project to reflect this. – Taryn Willows (en)
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