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Thursday, April 16, 2020

'Significant' coronavirus mutation discovered, could make vaccine search 'futile,' study says

Researchers have discovered what they described as a "significant" mutation of the novel coronavirus, which they believe "raises the alarm" that the search for a vaccine could become "futile" down the line.

The study, published on the biorxiv.org repository, notes researchers were able to analyze a sample of SARS-CoV-2 from India on January 27 and found a mutation that "leads to weaker receptor binding capability." The receptor, known as ACE2, is an enzyme in a person's lungs.

"The discrepant phylogenies for the spike protein and its receptor binding domain proved a previously reported structural rearrangement prior to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2," researchers wrote in the study. "Despite that we found, the spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 is particularly more conserved, we identified a mutation that leads to weaker receptor binding capability, which concerns a SARS-CoV-2 sample collected on 27th 26 January 2020 from India. This represents the first report of a significant SARS-CoV-2 mutant, and raises the alarm that the ongoing vaccine development may become futile in future epidemic if more mutations were identified."

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https://www.foxnews.com/science/significant-coronavirus-mutation-discovered-could-make-vaccine-search-futile

3 comments:

  1. More Govt checks on the way !!! Stay home & have a Life !!!

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  2. Chloroquine, Invectramicin, Acetazolamide, etc. No vaccine for me! Take this news in context, though, and think of the seasonal flus and vaccines. They are hit and miss die to different strains. This article is written with such a doomsday tone.

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  3. Yep with no vaccine going back will be like we never seperated..like starting this BS all over again.

    Ready to believe in a hidden danger of the rainbow conspricy yet? This was no accident

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