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A comprehensive profile of California's 'homegrown' coronavirus

A multifaceted collaboration between researchers at UC San Francisco, Gladstone Institutes, and other organizations across California provides a comprehensive portrait of the variant including its interaction with the immune system and its potential to spread. ....

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What we know so far about COVID-19 variants worldwide


What we know so far about COVID-19 variants worldwide
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Scientists around the world are on the lookout for new COVID-19 variants, which are caused by mutations of the virus when its replication machinery makes an error. Experts say these mutations and the new variants are normal and to be expected.
In recent months, so-called variants of concern have been identified in the U.K., South Africa, Brazil and in the U.S. And it s not a coincidence they re appearing in these countries, which have been overwhelmed by the sheer number of COVID-19 cases. ....

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