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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
WORRISOME—#COVID19 mutation becomes more concerning. The coronavirus can mutate swiftly in one person’s body. New case study: #SARSCoV2 “resurged again & again in the body of an infected man, eventually
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Andrew Wong
guavapancake
Truth is a big thing for me, so I'll take some time at the laundromat explaining THE TRUTH.Ordinary people judge if a COVID-19 vaccine is "neutralizing" if you can breathe
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Trevor Bedford
trvrb
This article by @USATODAY misleadingly states that there are "8 strains of coronavirus" circulating. Because of this our @nextstrain inbox is today full of questions like "if you get one
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Paul Bleicher
pbleic
1/ Basics (for non-immunologists) of important new results in COVID-19 immunity. The new finding helps explain how our immune system responds to COVID-19, perhaps why men are more prone to
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Prof Francois Balloux
BallouxFrancois
This new mink COVID-19 mutation story, which is making the rounds on Twitter is highly problematic. There are elements of truth in it but the reporting is completely irresponsible.1/https://www.berlingske.dk/nyheder/english-version-mink-cau
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Prof Francois Balloux
BallouxFrancois
There have been claims that #COVID19 has acquired mutations leading to more transmissible strains. We formally tested whether this was the case using 15,000 #SARSCoV2 genomes from all over the
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Alex Iskold | 2048 Ventures | 🤖 🚀💡
alexiskold
1/ Heard this quote attributed to Dolly Parton:Storms help trees grow bigger roots.It is really poetic, but very misleading and is not how evolution works.Instead, it is the trees that
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loren schmidt
lorenschmidt
plans for tools (thread)i'm currently working on making a set of intuitive visual tools for making games and other projects. i know two things about myself as a tool maker:(1)
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M Wilki
Markwil50187274
Ok after being asked about the Coronavirus a 1000 times a day. i hope this well help.It has to do with RNA sequencing...I.e. genetics.Seasonal flu is an “all human virus”.
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Bill Hanage
BillHanage
There are *so* many things wrong with this, starting with the implicit suggestion that an individual paper in @TheLancet carries particular merit greater than the body of scientific work as
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Jonas S. Juul
jonassjuul
New paper with @stevenstrogatz is online!We ask: If an infectious disease mutates as it propagates, what fraction of the population will catch the mutant strain? How does this depend on
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Dr Dominic Pimenta
DrDomPimenta
This upset a lot of people. So maybe I should explain what I mean. 1) We are currently attempting to live “with” Covid- with sustained community transmission and continued lifting
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Luis Zaman
LuisZaman
Evolution can seem deceptively simple. Survival of the fittest is an easy to remember, but misses mountains of nuance. Add a pandemic to the mix, and we’re sure to get
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Mike Coudrey
MichaelCoudrey
From a pathology standpoint, it is ‘virtually impossible’ for a coronavirus derived from bats and mice to “mutate” and give itself the ability to attach to ACE-2 receptors found in
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Eugene Gu, MD
eugenegu
We can genetically engineer mosquitoes to produce antibodies against malaria. Using gene drive, we can propagate the mutation to the entire population of mosquitoes. This will save millions upon millions
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황원경 유스티나
gracehwang1970
SARS-CoV-2https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-0695-zFrom Coronaviridae family, 2 subfamilies, 5 genra, 27 subgenera, 39 species Phylogeny of #COVID19Yellow & Green : mainly at EuropePurple : mainly at China Red : mainly at America3 (A,
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