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14-Year-Old Frisco Girl Wins National Award For Work On Finding Possible COVID-19 Cure

Anika Chebrolu, a student at Independence High School, recently won the 3M Young Scientist Challenge and $25,000.

By J.D. Miles

October 14, 2020

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FRISCO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A 14-year-old girl from Frisco has won a national award for her work on finding a possible cure for COVID-19.

Anika Chebrolu, a student at Independence High School, recently won the 3M Young Scientist Challenge and $25,000.

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“I developed this molecule that can bind to a certain protein on the SARS COVID-2 virus,” Chebrolu explained. “This protein by binding to it it will stop the function of the protein… I started with a database of over 682 million compounds.”

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