China News, June 15th, comprehensive report, Florida researchers in the United States recently said that they believe that the new corona virus may have been mutated, which makes human cells more susceptible to infection. However, the report pointed out that at present, the research results have not been reviewed by other experts in the field.
According to reports, researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in Florida pointed out that viral mutations have an effect on spike proteins. Allegedly, this protein is a structure outside the virus, the virus uses this structure to invade human cells.
Hyeryun Choe, a virologist at the Scripps Research Institute who helped lead the study, said, "In the cell culture system we use, viruses with this mutation are more contagious than viruses without mutations."
A series of experiments conducted by Hyeryun Choe and his colleagues showed that a mutation called "D614G" makes the virus produce more "spikes" and stabilizes these "spikes", making it easier for the virus to enter cells.
It is reported that if the above research is confirmed, this will be the first time that someone has proved that the mutation of the new coronavirus has caused a significant impact on the epidemic. Researchers say more research is needed to prove that this change affected the epidemic.
According to another report, virologist Haseltine, who did not participate in the study, believes that the above-mentioned findings may explain why the new coronavirus is easy to spread throughout the Americas. However, since the results of this study have not yet been peer reviewed, more work is needed.