XClose

UCL News

Home
Menu

Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 offer insights into virus evolution

6 May 2020

Analysing virus genomes from over 7,500 people infected with Covid-19, a team co-led by Professor Francois Balloux and Dr Lucy Van Dorp (both UCL Genetics Institute) has characterised patterns of diversity of the virus’ genome, offering clues to direct drugs and vaccine targets.

Read: BBC News, More: CNN, New York TimesNew York Post, Mail Online, Reuters, MirrorCGTN (China), XinhuaIndia TodayNational Post (Canada)The Hill (USA), O Globo G1 (Brazil), 9News (Australia)MSN News, Guardian, Al Jazeera, People, South China Morning PostDer Spiegel, Euronews, Jerusalem Post, Forbes, Jakarta Post, Sydney Morning Herald, Reuters (2)Mail Online (2), Guardian (2), Mail Online (3), Express, Yahoo! News, Telegraph (£), Reuters (3), Australian (£), Times of India, The HinduBBC Afrique, La Presse (Canada), Express (2), Independent, AOL News, Yahoo! News, MSN News (2), The Pioneer (India), News18 (India), NDTV (India), Japan TimesStraits Times (Singapore), Business InsiderUCL News, Listen: BBC Radio 5's 'Colin Murray Show' (from 16 mins 15 secs), More: BBC World Service Radio’s ‘The Evidence’ (from 5 min, 32 secs)