Researchers found that one tiny genetic change can turn a bat coronavirus from a contained infection into a potential human threat. Credit: Shutterstock Most pandemics begin when a virus or other pathogen crosses from animals into people. Many scientists believe this is how COVID-19 emerged. The virus responsible for the disease, SARS-CoV-2, is closely related to coronaviruses found in bats. Now, a team of researchers from the UCSF Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), Icahn School of

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