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Date
2021-05-16 12:49
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen
Topics
Gain-of-function researchFurin cleavage site and molecular features

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He's such an idiot - no matter what eDim says, this is "unequivocally" *not* gain of function. One bat virus spike protein into a BAC clone of another bat virus - AND the paper even shows those viruses don't infect cells better thanwildtype. It's all just very dumb. More red meat for the bloomshitters.

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  1. 2021-05-16 12:49 Kristian G. Andersen
    He's such an idiot - no matter what eDim says, this is "unequivocally" *not* gain of function. One bat virus spike protein into a BAC clone of another bat virus - AND the paper even shows those viruses don't infect cells better thanwildtype. It's all just very dumb. More red meat for the bloomshitters.

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