The study was carried out by Professor Li Lanjuan and colleagues from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China and published in a non-peer reviewed paper released on website medRxiv.org on Sunday. The study was carried out by Professor Li Lanjuan and colleagues from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China and published in a non-peer reviewed paper released on website medRxiv.org on Sunday. Li's team analyzed the strains from 11 randomly chosen coronavirus patients from Hangzhou, where there have been 1,264 reported cases, and then tested how efficiently they could infect and kill cells. More than 30 different mutations were detected, of which 19 were previously undiscovered. “Sars-CoV-2 has acquired mutations capable of substantially changing its pathogenicity,” Li wrote in the paper. The team discovered that some of the mutations could lead to functional changes in the virus’ spike protein, the South China Morning Post reported. Spike protein is the protein that the coronavirus uses to attach itself to human cells. Li 's team infected cells with COVID-19 strains carrying different mutations, of which the most aggressive strains were found to generate as much as 270 times as much viral load as the weakest strains. The aggressive strains also killed the human cells the fastest. The results indicated "that the true diversity of the viral strains is still largely underappreciated,” Li wrote. The study could have future implications on the treatment of coronavirus, as several different strains have been found throughout the world. The United States, which has the world's worst death toll at 42,897, and 799,515 overall cases, has been struck by different mutations. New York, which itself had the worst death rate in the US, and the eastern coast show a strain of coronavirus similar to that found in Europe, whereas the western US has shown similarities with strains found in China. Coronavirus has so far been treated in hospitals worldwide as one disease and patients receive the same treatment regardless of the strain. It has been suggested by the team at Zhejiang University that defining mutations in different regions may change the way we approach combating the virus. “Drug and vaccine development, while urgent, need to take the impact of these accumulating mutations into account to avoid potential pitfalls,” the scientists said. For Educational Purposes Only Not unusual by far! Microbiology 101 - viruses with RNA, mutate ALL the time, it is the nature of a virus to propagate its very survival in a host(s). Expected! Your marvelous immune system goes to war constantly, tagging all kinds of germs, viruses, and bacterium that you come in contact with regularly. Once recognized, easy to spot by the body and macrophage (pac-man style) away, creates mucus and other thinks we leak from our orifices by Gods design. :mdrmdr: Course a virus can “hide” itself as disguised like “self”, again as is the nature of a virus. In other words, pick a body and you will see a different mutation, even in identical twins. :groan FYI - forgot to say - what’s more amazing to me is that we can even exist in the world, but by Gods design! Wonderfully and fearfully made indeed! :good: Can't trust anything coming out of China. That atheistic government literally hates the truth. Can we trust the Italian Renaissance art? :unsure: @Arthur, Sounds just like the Democratic party here in America : ) Many countries are developing the vaccine. Most optimistic thought is the vaccine shall be ready next year. If this is the case, eating, drinking in public places and marriage resumes. While people feel safe and secure, sudden destruction/rapture comes upon them. I think rapture in 2021 has a better chance than in 2020. Of course, only God knows the timing. On the item, "2021 Rapture," 2ndcoming: No bid! :negative: If so, no later than March in my opinion. Based on 2ndcoming's studies! TR Hear that kickin' and screamin'!? It's me! Don't drag me into the future like that! 
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