Should we be worried about a pangolin coronavirus that was created in a laboratory and that killed 100% of infected mice?

Virus – A team of Chinese scientists has just presented the results of a study conducted on genetically modified mice exposed to the laboratory-made pangolin coronavirus.

We’ve known about the coronavirus for a while. Of course, since 2020, there is no need to introduce the most famous of them: Covid-19. But researchers around the world didn’t wait for an epidemic to study them. And they continue to do so, such as a team of Chinese scientists from the Beijing University of Chemical Technology who studied two coronaviruses identified a few years ago in pangolins, and who have just prepublished the results of their work on the BioRxiv site. Work that has not yet been peer-reviewed and therefore has not yet been published in a recognized and leading scientific journal.

Studies of these two coronaviruses from pangolins, conducted on genetically modified mice, revealed 100% mortality in young exposed mice, raising questions and concerns around this work. What is the point of creating such a virus? And what dangers does this scientific research present?

What is the nature of the study conducted?

Researchers at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology studied two coronaviruses discovered in pangolins in 2017 and 2019: GX/2017 and GD/2019. Two viruses that have(…) Read more at 20 minutes

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