Senat forbyder finansiering af kinesisk forskning
US Senate chamber forbyder finansiering af ‘gain-of-function research’ i Kina. Dette blev foreslået af Sen. Rand Paul, idet Dr. Fauci entydigt afviste, at National Institutes of Health (NIH) har haft et samarbejde med Wuhan institute of Virology.
Link: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate-cheers-paul-gain-function-amendment-passes
Dette er bl.a. på trods af, at det videnskabelige tidsskrift PNAS påpeger det modsatte:
“Overall, the results from these studies highlight the utility of a platform that leverages metagenomics findings and reverse genetics to identify prepandemic threats. For SARS-like WIV1-CoV, the data can inform surveillance programs, improve diagnostic reagents, and facilitate effective treatments to mitigate future emergence events.
However, building new and chimeric reagents must be carefully weighed against potential gain-of-function (GoF) concerns.”
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”Acknowledgments
We thank Dr. Zhengli-Li Shi of the Wuhan Institute of Virology for access to bat CoV sequences and plasmid of WIV1-CoV spike protein. Research was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and the National Institute of Aging of the NIH under Awards U19AI109761 and U19AI107810 (to R.S.B.), AI1085524 (to W.A.M.), and F32AI102561 and K99AG049092 (to V.D.M.). Human airway epithelial cell cultures were supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease under Award NIH DK065988 (to S.H.R.). Support for the generation of the mice expressing human ACE2 was provided by NIH Grants AI076159 and AI079521 (to A.C.S.).”
Link: https://www.pnas.org/content/113/11/3048
