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Key articles on origins of Covid-19, gain-of-function research and biolabs

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Preprint: COVID-19 shows ‘fingerprint’ of laboratory engineering

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COVID-19’s genome shows signs consistent with genetic manipulation, according to a new preprint.

Inspector general closed lab leak theory probe 21 months ago

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The news that the chief American collaborator of the Wuhan Institute of Virology received renewed funding from the National Institutes of Health sparked indignation this week. Now, new documents may shed light on why NIH grantmakers are not exerting more caution. The watchdog that ensures the integrity of federal health programs closed a brief probe Inspector general closed lab leak theory probe 21 months ago

U.S. officials: Criticism of Chinese lab ‘called out actions that we ourselves are doing’

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American officials worried that calling out the Wuhan Institute of Virology would “demand access that we ourselves would never provide.”

How safe are the biolabs at Colorado State?

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A draft funding proposal for the construction of a new biolab at Colorado State University raises questions about safety and security at its existing biolabs in Fort Collins, Colorado. The draft proposal seeks funding from the National Institutes of Health to replace “aging” infrastructure within CSU’s Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, formerly known as the How safe are the biolabs at Colorado State?

Why we are researching the origins of Covid-19, gain-of-function research and biolabs

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See our  reporting on the origins of Covid-19  for updates on our investigation, and we are posting documents from our investigation here. Sign up here to receive weekly updates.  In July 2020, U.S. Right to Know began submitting public records requests in pursuit of data from public institutions in an effort to discover what is Why we are researching the origins of Covid-19, gain-of-function research and biolabs

Zhengli Shi Edits to Widely-Cited EMI Commentary

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A new document shows Zhengli Shi’s edits to a draft of the Emerging Microbes & Infections commentary, “No credible evidence supporting the claims of the laboratory engineering of SARS-CoV-2.” Zhengli Shi is a leading Chinese virologist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Shi proposed three edits of note. First, she proposed changing the presentation of Zhengli Shi Edits to Widely-Cited EMI Commentary

Scientists who authored article denying lab engineering of SARS-CoV-2 privately acknowledged possible lab origin, emails show

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Four prominent U.S. virologists who published a widely cited commentary strongly rebutting the theory that SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, might have been engineered in a lab privately acknowledged that they could not “rule out the possibility” of a lab leak, according to emails obtained by U.S. Right to Know. The emails discuss Scientists who authored article denying lab engineering of SARS-CoV-2 privately acknowledged possible lab origin, emails show