Recombination between coronaviruses and synthetic RNAs and biorisk implications motivated by a SARS-CoV-2 FCS origin controversy

By Siguna Müller The urgent need for improved policy, regulation, and oversight of research with potential pandemic pathogens (PPPs) has been widely acknowledged. A 2022 article in Frontiers in Virology raises questions, reporting on a 100% sequence homology between the SARS-CoV-2 furin cleavage site (FCS) and the negative strand of a 2017 patented sequence. Even … Read more

Recombination between coronaviruses and synthetic RNAs and biorisk implications motivated by a SARS-CoV-2 FCS origin controversy

by Siguna Müller HYPOTHESIS AND THEORY article Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol., 04 August 2023 Sec. Biosafety and Biosecurity Volume 11 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1209054 Read and Download the full article here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1209054/full The urgent need for improved policy, regulation, and oversight of research with potential pandemic pathogens (PPPs) has been widely acknowledged. A 2022 article in … Read more