Wuhan Bio Lab Conducted Monkeypox Virus Gain of Function Research
According to a report citing the peer-reviewed journal Virologica Sinica, which published the lab's findings in February, the Wuhan bio lab that was the centre of controversy surrounding gain of function research on coronaviruses appears to have been carrying out the same kind of research on monkeypox, to make it more lethal to humans. The National Pulse reports: The Wuhan Institute of Virology assembled a monkeypox virus genome, allowing the virus to be identified through PCR tests, using a method researchers flagged for potentially creating a “contagious pathogen.” The report continues: The study was first published in February 2022, just months before the latest international outbreak of monkeypox cases which appear to have now reached the United States. Researchers appeared to identify a portion of the monkeypox virus genome, enabling PCR tests to identify the virus, in the paper: “ Efficient Assembly of a Large Fragment of Monkeypox Virus Genome as a qPCR Template Using Dual-S