A recent study has revealed that the dominant variant of the novel coronavirus or Covid-19 that emerged in patients after the convalescent plasma therapy possessed a mutation that is also present in the one first discovered in the UK. ".data reveal strong selection on SARS-CoV-2 during convalescent plasma therapy associated with the emergence of viral variants with evidence of reduced …
CNN — The 45-year-old patient had been sick with coronavirus for months. “This patient’s mutations include hallmarks of the new variants, like N501Y and 484K,” Li said. Then, as we saw these new variants emerging from the UK, from South Africa, from Brazil, we saw the same mutations.” The case, which Li and colleagues detailed late last year in a …
