#N501Y

Simply Biochemistry

SimplyBiochem

1) THREAD - A summary of NERVTAG’s (the U.K. virus committee who advise the government) opinions on the ‘new U.K. strain’ of SARS-CoV-2. 2) We’ve previously discussed our opinions on

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Immunocompromised 45 year old suffered from #COVID19 for 155 days before he died. The virus was changing very quickly inside the man's body—it acquired a big cluster of >20 mutations—resembled

John P. Hussman, Ph.D.

hussmanjp

THREAD: Extending the #SARSCoV2 (#COVID_19) updates I started on Feb 2nd (when U.S. had only 5 cases). Each thread has a final post linking to the next.Slow motion train wreck.Click

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

There’s a lot of concern and confusion right now about the new #sarscov2 variant identified in UK. I’ve spent today and yesterday talking to a dozen people working on this.

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

There's been a lot of news today about 'new variants in Brazil' & 'S:E484' and 'Ohio variants'. A short thread discussing what we know about each.1/11#SARSCoV2 #Ohio #BrazilVariant #Brazil #COVID19

Shahmil Hafiz

shahmilhfz

Ada orang tanya, mengapa virus denggi dan HIV yang dah lama ni takda vaksin, tapi Kovid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) yang tak sampai dua tahun dah ada bermacam-macam vaksin.Kalau nak jawapan direct, kedua-dua

Bloom Lab

jbloom_lab

We mapped how all mutations to #SARSCoV2 receptor-binding domain (RBD) affect recognition by convalescent polyclonal human sera (https://biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.31.425021v1).Among implications: E484K (South African lineage) worr

Jeffrey Duchin, MD

DocJeffD

Straight Talk About the New Variant COVID-19 Strain. As much as I regret saying it just when so many need & deserve a break, the new variant COVID-19 strain is

Humberto Debat

humbertodebat

Sobre la nueva variante detectada en Reino Unido de SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19, algunos comentarios en base al gran trabajo de @arambaut @pathogenomenick @EvolveDotZoo @robertson_lab @alecarabo @erikmvolz et al y el consorcio https://www.cogconsor

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Following up on general thoughts on antigenic drift of #COVID19 from this weekend, I wanted to discuss what we know about the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 thats emerged in the

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

As might have been expected the UK is reintroducing more intense restrictions over the Christmas period. This may be tied to the 'new variant' common in the SE of the

Anıl

ncholiA

1/ All eyes are on England because of the #B117 variant (501Y.V1/VOC202012/01).But WHY could the variant #B1351 (501Y.V2) detected in South Africa pose a bigger danger?To better understand this, let's

KizzyPhD

KizzyPhD

Live view of our neutralization assay team scrambling to make yet another virus variant every time the media publishes about a new single amino acid change without context. Here

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

Happy Tuesday! The latest focal S:N501 build is now updated with sequences from 11 Jan.There are 101 new sequences in the 501Y.V1 (B.1.1.7 #b117) & 501Y.V2 variants.Additionally, I'll include some

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

ATTN: After easing lockdowns amid Holidays, PM #BorisJohnson today put much of the UK on strict lockdown: no Xmas, no NYsEve. In a mere week the number of #COVID19 cases

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

“There’s clearly something going on with this mutation”: 7 striking new converging variants with same #677 mutations suddenly found. Experts across US independently found them & are worried—all 7 changed

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