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

COVID researchers infect mice with different strains — and some are way more deadly than others

Boston COVID researchers have combined the omicron variant spike protein with the original virus, testing the created strain on mice “to help fight against future pandemics.”

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.

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

Rick SobeyBOSTON — Boston University COVID researchers have combined the omicron variant spike protein with the original virus, testing the created strain on mice “to help fight against future pandemics,” according to BU.The scientists in BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories found that all mice infected with only the BA.1 omicron variant had mild cases and survived, while the combined omicron spike protein with original COVID-…

New COVID-19 Variant: Boston University Researchers Claim to Have Developed New, Deadly Coronavirus Strain in Lab

According to researchers, the new strain has five times more contagious virus particles than the omicron variety. In a statement, the university stressed that the replicated strain was less dangerous than the original strain. New COVID-19 Variant: Boston University Researchers Claim to Have Developed New, Deadly Coronavirus Strain in Lab.

Why are Boston University scientists experimenting with even deadlier Covid strain?

Academic institution hits back at reports that it created a variant with an 80 per cent kill rate — but the debate over risky lab work continues

Boston University Gain-of-Function Research Creates Lethal New COVID Strain That Kills 80 Percent of Mice - The Ohio Star

by Debra Heine Boston University scientists have reportedly created a lethal new COVID strain by combining Omicron and the original Wuhan strain in a laboratory.According to the DailyMail.com, the hybrid virus managed to kill 80 percent of mice in a gain-of-function research study that critics say shouldn’t have been allowed. The research has not been peer-reviewed, the Mail reported.Professor Shmuel Shapira, a leading scientist in the Israeli G…