The COVID-19 pandemic showed that predicting the invasion of a novel pathogen into the human population and its evolutionary potential to generate new variants is crucial for preventing future outbreaks. New research conducted at Princeton University and the University of Chicago published in the journal Science presents a unified theory for predicting such invasion and its consequences for competing pathogens. The COVID-19 pandemic showed that predicting the invasion of a novel pathogen into the human population and its evolutionary potential to generate new variants is crucial for preventing future outbreaks. New research conducted at Princeton University and the University of Chicago published in the journal Science presents a unified theory for predicting such invasion and its consequences for competing pathogens. Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories