The ‘Most Worrying’ Coronavirus E484K Mutant Has Arrived

E484K (in South Africa) mutation evades human antibodies and causes reinfections, but the situation is still manageable.

Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)
Microbial Instincts
6 min readJan 15, 2021

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When immunologists culture the novel coronavirus — SARS-CoV-2 — in the presence of low amounts of human antibodies, it gained three mutations that endowed it with…

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Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)
Microbial Instincts

Named Standford's world top 1% scientists | Independent science writer and researcher | Medium boost program's nominator | Powerlifter with national records