Researchers at Boston University have developed a strain of COVID-19 that kills 80% of infected mice, according to a preliminary edition of a study published last week.The research team isolated the spike protein, which they said had an “unusually high number of mutations” in the Omicron variant. They then added the Omicron spike protein, which allows the virus to bind and invade human cells, to the original Wuhan variant COVID-19, which emerged in late 2019, and named the new virus Omicron S.
May trigger lab-borne epidemic
At the same time, it turned out that the hybrid version of the coronavirus is five times more contagious than Omicron. According to the scientists, all the work was carried out without violating the rules, all protocols were followed, all the necessary conditions were met. Professor Shmuel Shapiro, one of the leading scientists of the Israeli government, said about the study: “This should be banned completely, they are playing with fire.” used the phrases.
Many experts have voiced their concerns and criticized the experiment, and despite the fact that such studies could lead to epidemics, dangerous research on viruses continues in the United States. How the virus that causes COVID-19 arises is still unclear. Scientists still do not rule out the possibility that the virus may have a laboratory origin.
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