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1. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
   No. No one in the United States had MERS 422. We synthetically resurrected it in my lab.
2. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
   And so who had it outside of the United States?
3. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
   I don't believe anyone had it. I would have to review the Chinese papers again that were published. The Chinese published a couple of papers on different MERS strains. I don't think they used 422, and I don't think they made molecular clones for either of them.
4. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
   Okay. And did you ever receive any biological samples by hand from any of Fang Li or Fang Li's postdocs?
5. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric
   Fang Li sent me reagents in the mail. We had collaborative grants together, so certainly we collaborated and exchanged samples on occasion, yeah.
6. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
   Reagents of what? DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com
7. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
   Well, the grants were formulated in such a way that he would do biochemical studies and then we would do some more validation studies in the context of live viruses.
8. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
   Are you aware of any association between Fang Li and Yusen Zhou, Z-H-O-U?
9. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
   Again, you should ask Fang Li those questions.

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