Researchers from the University and the University of California have succeeded in developing a revolutionary method that integrates biotechnological and computational tools to accurately monitor the adaptive  mutations in viruses such as AIDS, SARS and polio. In a study published in the prestigious journalNature, the researchers have demonstrated how the method they have developed successfully monitors the evolution of harmful poliovirus mutations, how fitted are five specific harmful mutations from among hundreds of mutations, and identified the specific protein of the viral genome these mutations effect.

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