[News] Two characteristics of the new British variant of coronavirus discovered

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An investigation by Stanford University has discovered two characteristics of the new variant of coronavirus, which originated in the United Kingdom, and which causes the covid to spread more quickly, although with the same force.

"The new variants of the virus can acquire an increased transmissibility, by increasing the propensity of the protein to expose the receptor of the union with the cell, and a greater sensitivity to elastase", was explained in the study, cited by Medical Writing.

This allowed the new variant to become the most dominant in Europe and little by little in the countries where it has arrived.

"It is important to note that the Asn614Gly mutation does not affect the ability of the antibodies to neutralize this variant. However, given that the virus continues to mutate at a very high rate, it is necessary to continue active surveillance for the appearance of new variants", warned in the investigation.

In addition, it was recalled that it has not been determined that vaccines against covid lose efficacy in the face of new variants.

"Although point mutations in the peak protein can affect the therapeutic benefit of one or the combination of two monoclonal antibodies, the benefit of polyclonal antibodies, such as those generated in infected individuals or, when passive or active vaccines are used, is less likely to be adversely affected, ”it was added in the post.