Zhang, He http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5877-2167
Zhang, Liang http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1146-7848
Lin, Ang http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5662-1576
Xu, Congcong
Li, Ziyu
Liu, Kaibo
Liu, Boxiang
Ma, Xiaopin
Zhao, Fanfan
Jiang, Huiling
Chen, Chunxiu
Shen, Haifa
Li, Hangwen http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2364-2703
Mathews, David H. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2907-6557
Zhang, Yujian http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7450-2642
Huang, Liang http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6444-7045
Article History
Received: 12 March 2022
Accepted: 25 April 2023
First Online: 2 May 2023
Competing interests
: Baidu USA filed a patent for the LinearDesign algorithm in 2021 listing H.Z., L.Z., Z.L., K.L., B.L. and L.H. as inventors. The work of H.Z., L.Z., Z.L., K.L., B.L. and L.H. for the development of the LinearDesign algorithm was conducted at Baidu USA. StemiRNA Therapeutics has filed a provisional patent for the VZV mRNA vaccine listing C.X., H.S. and H.L. as inventors. Sanofi entered a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Baidu USA in 2021 to use LinearDesign to develop mRNA vaccines and therapeutics. H.Z., L.Z., Z.L., K.L., B.L. and L.H. are or were employees of Baidu USA. A.L., C.X., X.M., F.Z., H.J., C.C., H.S., H.L. and Y.Z. are or were employees of StemiRNA Therapeutics. L.H. and D.H.M. are also cofounders of Coderna.ai.