The hybrid consists of the omicron variant's spike protein attached to the original virus
Boston University scientists have created a hybrid version of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Their experiments sparked controversy, with heated headlines claiming that the researchers made the virus more lethal and university officials denouncing these claims as"false and inaccurate."
The researchers published their findings Oct. 14 on the preprint database bioRxiv, so it has yet to be peer-reviewed."Consistent with studies published by others, this work shows that it is not the spike protein that drives Omicron pathogenicity, but instead other viral proteins. Determination of those proteins will lead to better diagnostics and disease management strategies," lead author Mohsan Saeed, an assistant professor at NEIDL, said in a statement, according to STAT..
"What we would have wanted to do is to talk about exactly what they wanted to do in advance, and if it met what the P3CO framework defines as enhanced pathogen of pandemic potential, ePPP, we could have put a package forward for review by the committee that's convened by HHS, the office of the assistant secretary for preparedness and response, Emily Erbelding, director of NIAID's division of microbiology and infectious diseases told STAT.
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