SARS-CoV-2
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A Recipe for Disaster? Dual-Use Knowledge During COVID
By Yong-Bee Lim Nature Protocols published an article on January 29, 2021 that is making waves in the biorisk community. Titled “Engineering SARS-CoV-2 Using a Reverse Genetic System,” this article outlines a detailed protocol on how researchers can engineer variants of the virus known as SARS-CoV-2: the causative pathogen of COVID-19. Initial reactions to the…
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New SARS-CoV-2 Strain in the United States
Larger-scale genome sequencing needed to bolster early warning By William Beaver The COVID-19 crisis has made clear that the United States and most other countries need to significantly improve their disease detection capabilities. This pressing need—and a glimpse at part of the solution—was driven home by last week’s news of a mutation of SARS-CoV-2 that…