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>he similar virus was known to the lab was enough to drag me to thinking it is probably a toss up. A human generated virus wouldn't be similar in this way to a
by treis 6y ago
>he similar virus was known to the lab was enough to drag me to thinking it is probably a toss up.
A human generated virus wouldn't be similar in this way to a wild one. You would take a candidate virus and splice in genetic material from a different one. The new virus would match 100% in most places and then be completely different in a few places.
- mgamache 6y agoThis is not how they conduct gain of function research. It's uses serial passage (using biological hosts and the virus's own variations). This produces vary little evidence of manipulation.