mapping mutations on a shapeshifting virus (IMAGE)

Harvard Medical School

mapping mutations on a shapeshifting virus

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Overlapping mutations on the delta, BA.1 (omicron), and BA.2 variants of the SARS-CoV-2. Researchers say viral evolution is ongoing, with more mutations likely to occur, giving rise to new variants.

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Jeremy Luban, Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness

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