A SARS-CoV-2 subvariant called BA.3.2, carrying a significant genomic deletion and mutations linked to immune evasion, has been detected among travelers arriving in the United States. The variant, ...
Johns Hopkins researchers report that the deletion of any single gene in yeast cells puts pressure on the organism's genome to compensate, leading to a mutation in another gene. Their discovery, which ...
One of the key mutations seen in the 'Alpha variant' of SARS-CoV-2 - the deletion of two amino acids, H69/V70 - enables the virus to overcome chinks in its armor as it evolves, say an international ...