2024-01-20 08:29:40
– A pangolin coronavirus has been dangerously modified in China
Curious manipulations have favored the appearance of extremely pathogenic mutations in a coronavirus cousin of Sars-CoV-2.
Vincent Bordenave – «Le Figaro»
Published today at 9:29 a.m.
Scientists from Beijing University of Chemical Technology looked at two viruses identified in pangolins in 2017 and 2019.
AP
A virus, a pangolin, a Chinese laboratory… A picture that brings back bad memories. Especially since this virus, a cousin of Sars-CoV-2, would have a much greater lethality. Discovered in 2017 in pangolins, this coronavirus is known as GX_P2V. After manipulation by scientists at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, it acquired genetic mutations that allow it to infect human cells and humanized transgenic mice. This work is presented in an article posted online on the BioRxiv site, and has therefore not yet been reread by the scientific community with the aim of being published in a specialized journal.
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