Recently, a variant of the new coronavirus, called "the most ferocious so far" by many experts, has spread and spread in African countries such as South Africa and Botswana, making the world panic again. This virus B.1.1529, the WHO gave it a Greek codename-Omicron (奥米克荣). One of the most worrying sinister aspects of this strain is that it seems to be very different from the original new coronavirus, which means that the effects of vaccines and drugs developed against known viruses and mutant strains may be affected. Figure 1 is the latest evolutionary tree of the new crown variants published in the scientific journal. It is drawn based on the variation of the S1 subunit of the new crown spike protein and records the endless variety of variants since the epidemic.
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So how does the virus mutate?
Every time a virus infects the human body, it is the result of the virus constantly replicating itself. And every time you copy is to copy your own genome, small errors may occur during the copying process, which causes the new genome to be slightly different from the previous one. These small mistakes are mutations, also known as mutations, from which mutated strains of the virus are produced; mutations will continue to occur, and there will be more and more mutated strains.
Viruses are prone to mutation. Its genetic code or genome is mainly concentrated on the nucleic acid chain, and any change in this nucleic acid chain will affect the characteristics of their offspring. In fact, the genome of the virus is not static during its propagation, but is automatically mutated all the time.
How to reduce virus mutation?
Reduce the spread of the virus, reduce the number of infections, and reduce the chance of the virus to replicate itself, and then the small errors in the replication process will also be reduced.
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