The coronavirus is continuing to mutate as it spreads DESIGN CELLS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
The genome sequences of millions of individual SARS-CoV-2 viruses have enabled researchers to study evolution in a way that wasn鈥檛 possible before. The 肠辞谤辞苍补惫颈谤耻蝉鈥檚 global proliferation means that we have a sufficient amount of sequence data to track every possible mutation that affects a single letter of its RNA and the impact these have on the pathogen鈥檚 fitness.
The findings could help us develop drugs that target parts of the virus鈥檚 proteins that can鈥檛 easily mutate to evade existing drugs, says
