Unusual Features of the SARS-CoV-2 Genome Suggesting Sophisticated Laboratory Modification Rather Than Natural Evolution and Delineation of Its Probable Synthetic Route
September 2020
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4028829
Project: COVID-19
Authors: Limeng Yan
Unusual Features of the SARS-CoV-2 Genome Suggesting Sophisticated Laboratory Modification Rather Than Natural Evolution and Delineation
of Its Probable Synthetic Route
Li-Meng Yan (MD, PhD)1, Shu Kang (PhD)1, Jie Guan (PhD)1, Shanchang Hu (PhD)1
Sept 2020
“We also note that in the publication of the chimeric virus SHC015-MA15 in 2015, the attribution of funding of Zhengli Shi by the NIAID was initially left out. It was reinstated in the publication in 2016 in a corrigendum, perhaps afterthe meeting in January 2016 to reinstate NIH funding for gain-of-function research on viruses. This is an unusual scientific behavior, which needs an explanation for”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7095988/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27050591/
https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985/
Gain of function and it looks like we funded it.