Eric Topol on Nostr: First lab assessment of BA.2.86, from Yunlong Cao’s group. Marked immune escape ...
First lab assessment of BA.2.86, from Yunlong Cao’s group. Marked immune escape features of this variant, as predicted by heavy load of mutations, but low cell infectivity should dampen transmission potential
This is very good, but still possible BA.2.86 can evolve further, pick up new mutations to be more infectious
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