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Boston University COVID researchers combine omicron spike protein with original virus, test strain on mice

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Boston University researchers have combined the omicron variant spike protein with the original virus. The created strain was tested on mice to help fight against future pandemics. The research was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Biosafety Committee, which consists of scientists as well as local community members.

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Times of India

Boston University claims to have produced new Covid strain with 80 per cent kill rate. Details here

Boston University's scientists produced a new COVID strain that is highly potent and has an 80 per cent probability of killing an infected mammal.

2 years ago·India

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News18 India

Boston University 'Creates' New Covid Strain with '80% Kill Rate' | All You Need to Know

Researchers extracted Omicron's spike protein — the unique structure that binds to and invades human cells and attacked it to the original wildtype strain that first emerged in Wuhan at the start of the pandemic

2 years ago·India

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New York Post

Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, more lethal COVID strain in lab

Researchers at Boston University added a spike protein from the Omicron variant with the original Whuan strain, which has an 80% kill rate.

2 years ago·New York, United States

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CBS News

Boston University lab did not create deadly new COVID strain, experts say

The goal of the study was to determine why the Omicron variant of COVID-19 seems to cause less severe disease than the original strain.

2 years ago

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IBTimes

Experts Worry Lab-Created COVID-19 Strain With 80% Kill Rate May Cause Another Pandemic

The new COVID-19 strain was created by a team of scientists at Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories.

2 years ago·United States

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North American scientists combined the Wuhan strain with Ómicron to find out why it generates lighter conditions

Researchers at Boston University created a hybrid virus with the objective of determining in which parts of the pathogen the peculiarities that make it more transmissible, but less serious, reside. The study was conducted on mice and disseminated in a preprint

2 years ago·C A B A, Argentina

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Boston University COVID researchers combine omicron spike protein with original virus, test strain on mice

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Boston University claims to have produced new Covid strain with 80 per cent kill rate. Details here

Boston University claims to have produced new Covid strain with 80 per cent kill rate. Details here

Boston University 'Creates' New Covid Strain with '80% Kill Rate' | All You Need to Know

Boston University 'Creates' New Covid Strain with '80% Kill Rate' | All You Need to Know

Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, more lethal COVID strain in lab

Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, more lethal COVID strain in lab

Boston University lab did not create deadly new COVID strain, experts say

Boston University lab did not create deadly new COVID strain, experts say

Experts Worry Lab-Created COVID-19 Strain With 80% Kill Rate May Cause Another Pandemic

Experts Worry Lab-Created COVID-19 Strain With 80% Kill Rate May Cause Another Pandemic

North American scientists combined the Wuhan strain with Ómicron to find out why it generates lighter conditions

North American scientists combined the Wuhan strain with Ómicron to find out why it generates lighter conditions

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