Mutation

The largest U.S. genetic study of the virus, conducted in Houston, shows one viral strain outdistancing all of its competitors, and many potentially important mutations Chris MooneyReporter covering climate change, energy and the environment. Joe FoxGeneral assignment graphics reporter September 23 at 2:31 PM Scientists in Houston on Wednesday released a study of more than…

The new coronavirus in Arizona A sunrise of hope. The number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 grows every day in the state with 116,892 cases and 2,082 deaths in Arizona as of July 10, 2020. Nick Oza/The Republic The new coronavirus in Arizona People wait in their cars for a COVID-19 test at a drive-through…

Home News The novel coronavirus uses its spike protein (dark blue) to infiltrate host cells, whose machinery it uses to replicate its RNA (yellow). (Image: © selvanegra/iStock/Getty Images Plus) A mutation in the protein that allows SARS-CoV-2 to enter cells might make it easier for the virus to spread — or it might not make…

Health|Did a Mutation Help the Coronavirus Spread? More Evidence, but Lingering QuestionsJuly 2, 2020Updated 11:29 a.m. ETFor months, scientists have debated whether a variant of the coronavirus that has come to predominate in much of the world did so partly because it is more transmissible than other viruses.On Thursday, a team of researchers reported new…

3D render illustration of COVID-19 (Getty Images) A new mutation of the coronavirus swaps two amino acids in its genome. Here's what scientists think that means Matthew Rozsa June 30, 2020 9:53PM (UTC) Egon Ozer, an infectious disease specialist at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, recently told The Washington Post that he noticed a…