Health
Locked and loaded: Using genomic sequencing to target COVID-19’s weak spots – Pursuit
A new open-access tool, COVID-3D, harnesses SARS-CoV-2 genomic information to ensure therapeutic efforts remain effective say University of Melbourne experts.
Eight months ago, on the 31st of December 2019, the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Wuhan in China.
Since then, the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has caused the biggest global pandemic since the 1918/1919 Spanish Flu.
COVID-3D permits users to visualize the frequency of SARS-CoV-2 mutations across the protein structure (pictured: papain-like protease), ranging from lowest (pale yellow) to highest (red). Picture: Supplied
As of early September this year, coronavirus infections have exceeded 2…
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