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Sherman A1

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Wed Aug 12, 2020, 02:14 PM Aug 2020

Wash U Researchers Genetically Engineer Coronavirus Lookalike

Scientists need a lot of safety equipment to study the coronavirus in a research lab: biohazard suits, respirators, custom airflow systems.

Not every lab meets the safety standards to work with potentially lethal viruses — and getting certified can take years.

“There isn't really enough capacity for the current demand to work with SARS-CoV-2, so it’s created a bottleneck,” said Sean Whelan, a microbiology professor and virologist at Washington University.

To allow more labs to conduct coronavirus research, Whelan and a team of Washington University researchers devised a workaround: a genetically engineered virus.

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/health-science-environment/2020-08-10/wash-u-researchers-genetically-engineer-coronavirus-lookalike

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