Growing the Beta variant — young scientist remembers

During South Africa’s Covid-19 hard lockdown, rising-star scientist Dr Sandile Cele spent his Christmas holidays working tirelessly. It led to the 35-year-old being the first to successfully grow the Beta variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the lab. Tracking his process, the accolades that followed, and h...

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