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An experiment that created a hybrid version of a bat coronavirus — one related to the virus that causes SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) — has triggered
by BrandonMarc 7y ago
An experiment that created a hybrid version of a bat coronavirus — one related to the virus that causes SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) — has triggered renewed debate over whether engineering lab variants of viruses with possible pandemic potential is worth the risks.
... and bear in mind, while the world has 55 BSL-4 labs, China has one ... and it's in Wuhan. Too many coincidences.
My ardent hope is that the hubris-laden excitement over CRISPR is diminished, especially in Wall Street and Sand Hill Road.
- booleandilemma 7y agohttp://english.whiov.cas.cn/News/Events/201502/t20150203_135923.html http://english.whiov.cas.cn/News/Events/201502/t20150203_135...
- a_bonobo 7y agoThis is just conspiracy mongering, you cannot engineer a virus like nCov using CRISPR alone - all CRISPR-Cas9 can do is insert point mutations/change bases, no way to use it to mereg different genomic pieces together