Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill over Virology Research

Re:Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill over Virology Research by peteradio on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @12:02PM (#37930637)

DEFUSE proposed insertion of human-specific cleavage sites not serial passage.

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Re:Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill over Virology Research by lamontcg on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @12:29PM (#37931043)

RaTG13 differs from SARS-CoV-2 by a lot more than just an FCS

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Re:Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill over Virology Research by peteradio on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @01:21PM (#37931779)

How far away would it be? Would it still take millions and millions of bats or is it now within the realm of possibility to infect humanized mice and get SARS-CoV-2 out the other end?

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Re:Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill over Virology Research by lamontcg on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @03:09PM (#37933264)

Yes, you're still a thousand mutations away from each other. The FCS is tiny.

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Re:Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill over Virology Research by peteradio on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @04:43PM (#37934521)

Thanks.

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