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Genome sequencing of organisms has been in practice for half a century. Bacteriophage MS2 was the first virus to be sequenced entirely by 1976. Even though viral genome sequencing has…

What Exactly Is a Variant? Viruses replicate themselves in order to spread. They frequently mutate, or change, a little bit as they go. Variant refers to a copy that differs…

Countries around the world are pacing to challenge a novel family of viruses known as coronavirus that initiated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, for over a…