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Covid-19: Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into cave bats 18 months before outbreak - NZ Herald

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Scientists were planning to release enhanced airborne coronaviruses into Chinese bat populations to inoculate them against diseases that could jump to humans. They also planned to create chimeric viruses, genetically enhanced to infect humans more easily, and requested US$14 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The bid was submitted by British zoologist Peter Daszak of EcoHealth Alliance, the US-based organisation.

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Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into cave bats 18 months before outbreak

Wuhan scientists were planning to release enhanced airborne coronaviruses into Chinese bat populations to inoculate them against diseases that could jump to humans, leaked grant proposals dating from 2018 show.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Daily Mirror

Report claims Wuhan scientists planned to infect bats with coronaviruses in 2018

Newly revealed documents purport to show grant proposals to release skin-penetrating nanoparticles containing “novel chimeric spike proteins” of bat coronaviruses into cave bats in Yunnan

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Irish Independent

Leaked documents show Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into bat populations

Scientists in Wuhan were planning to release enhanced airborne coronaviruses into Chinese bat populations to inoculate them against diseases that could jump to humans, leaked grant proposals dating from 2018 show.

3 years ago·Ireland

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NZ Herald

Covid-19: Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into cave bats 18 months before outbreak - NZ Herald

Leaked documents reveal researchers applied for $14m to fund project in 2018.

3 years ago·Auckland, New Zealand

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New York Post

Wuhan scientists wanted to release coronaviruses into bats

The $14 million grant ended up being rejected by DARPA over fears it could result in gain-of-function research, which could make a virus more transmissible and pathogenic.

3 years ago·New York, United States

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South China Morning Post

Covid-19 origins: Chinese study uncovers over 140 bat coronaviruses but says none linked to pandemic

Chinese scientists have uncovered 142 bat coronaviruses related to the one that causes Sars , but none closely linked to the virus that causes Covid-19, according to the largest release of related research from within China since the start of the pandemic. In a paper uploaded on the preprint server Research Square on Monday, researchers from the Institute of Pathogen Biology in Beijing revealed they had collected and tested samples from more tha…

3 years ago·Hong Kong

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Covid-19: Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into cave bats 18 months before outbreak - NZ Herald

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Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into cave bats 18 months before outbreak

Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into cave bats 18 months before outbreak

Report claims Wuhan scientists planned to infect bats with coronaviruses in 2018

Report claims Wuhan scientists planned to infect bats with coronaviruses in 2018

Leaked documents show Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into bat populations

Leaked documents show Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into bat populations

Covid-19: Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into cave bats 18 months before outbreak - NZ Herald

Covid-19: Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into cave bats 18 months before outbreak - NZ Herald

Wuhan scientists wanted to release coronaviruses into bats

Wuhan scientists wanted to release coronaviruses into bats

Covid-19 origins: Chinese study uncovers over 140 bat coronaviruses but says none linked to pandemic

Covid-19 origins: Chinese study uncovers over 140 bat coronaviruses but says none linked to pandemic

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