Tag: Sars-cov sars-cov-2 chimera
CDC: Addition of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 chimeric viruses to select agents and toxins list
Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Division of Select Agents and Toxins published an Interim Final Rule adding SARS-CoV/SARS-CoV-2 chimeric viruses resulting from any deliberate manipulation of SARS-CoV-2 to incorporate nucleic acids coding for SARS-CoV virulence factors to the list of HHS select agents and toxins. More...