Not every viral mutant is a threat to life, but, some are and need to be contained as early as possible. The containment of these variants needs to be reviewed to tighten up their discovery and containment.
A study from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (click here) has identified multiple mutations and unique proteins in isolates of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.
The recent study, published in the Journal of Proteome Research, has also shown that the host produces several proteins of their own as their body launches an immunological defence in response to the viral attack, the Bengaluru-based IISc said in a statement on Thursday.
To better understand how the virus is mutating and its protein biology (proteins are made using genetic information), an IISc team led by Utpal Tatu, Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, has carried out a comprehensive proteo-genomic investigation a series of analyses of SARS-CoV-2 isolates. The isolates or viral samples were recovered from nasal secretions of consenting Covid-19 positive individuals here. The genomic analysis was done using what molecular biologists like Tatu call next generation sequencing (NGS), a technology that allows for rapid sequencing of the entire genome....
