Just one mutation allows the RaTG13 virus, ineffective in infecting humans to a close relative of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, successfully infecting human cells and intestinal organoids. This conclusion was made by German molecular biologists after the experiments; the preprint of their research is posted on bioRxiv. The most likely hypothesis for the origin of […]
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The genomes of the “Spanish” flu virus have been deciphered: evidence of its evolution has been found
A century later, an international team of scientists deciphered the genetic code of the Spanish flu virus that led to the pandemic. Samples for analysis were taken from the lung tissue of two German soldiers, 17 and 18 years old, who died on June 27, 1918 from the “Spanish flu” in Berlin, and a 17-year-old […]