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Penn State

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New research led by Penn State reveals that mutations led to the stem of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein becoming progressively tighter over time, which may have improved the virus’s ability to transmit through nasal droplets and infect host cells once in the body.

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Ganesh Anand, Penn State

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