{"id":2152039,"date":"2024-01-17T18:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T23:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-chinese-lab-develops-new-mutant-covid-strain-with-100-death-rate-in-humanized-mice\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T18:33:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T23:33:02","slug":"study-chinese-lab-develops-new-mutant-covid-strain-with-100-death-rate-in-humanized-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-chinese-lab-develops-new-mutant-covid-strain-with-100-death-rate-in-humanized-mice\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese lab creates highly lethal mutant COVID strain in mice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudy-chinese-lab-develops-new-mutant-covid-strain-with-100-death-rate-in-humanized-mice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2152039&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A worker feeds white rats at an animal\u200d laboratory of a medical school on February \u200b16, 2008 in \u2062Chongqing Municipality, China. Over 100,000 \u200drats and mice are used in experiments every year for\u2064 pharmaceutical research \u200bin the lab,\u200d where the \u200btemperature is kept\u2062 at 24 degrees centigrade. (Photo by China Photos\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>3:27 PM \u2013 Wednesday, January 17, 2024<\/p>\n<h2>A New Strain of \u200bCOVID-19\u2064 Experimented on Humanized Mice \u2062in\u2063 China<\/h2>\n<p>A research group in Beijing, China, has reportedly been conducting \u200dexperiments on a new strain of COVID-19 in humanized mice. \u200bThis strain is said\u2062 to\u200c be 100% lethal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bstudy involved researchers \u2063from the Beijing University of \u2062Chemical Technology and Nanjing University.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2024.01.03.574008v1.full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to\u2062 the study<\/a>, the fatal virus, known as &#8220;GX_P2V,&#8221; attacked the brains of \u2062mice that were genetically engineered to resemble humans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis underscores a spillover\u200d risk \u2063of GX_P2V into humans\u200c and provides a unique model for understanding the pathogenic \u200cmechanisms of SARS-CoV-2-related viruses,\u201d the authors \u200bwrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u2064deadly virus is a \u2063mutated version of GX\/2017, a coronavirus strain discovered in Malaysian pangolins in 2017 and mammals in warm areas.<\/p>\n<p>The research states that \u2062all the mice died\u2062 within eight days, which is considered &#8220;surprisingly rapid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate\u200b that the \u2063virus infected various parts \u200dof the humanized mice,\u2064 including \u200ctheir bones, eyes, lungs, tracheas, and brains.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to their \u200bdeath, the mice experienced extreme weight loss, a hunched posture, sluggish movement, and their eyes turned completely white.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200bthe study&#8217;s results do not fully indicate how this virus would \u2062affect humans \u2062in comparison.<\/p>\n<p>Francois Balloux, \u200ban epidemiology expert at University College London\u2019s Genetics Institute, criticized the research as \u200b&#8221;terrible&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-lab-experiments-on-highly-lethal-covid-variant\/\" title=\"Chinese lab conducts experiments on highly lethal COVID variant\">scientifically totally pointless<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI can see nothing of vague interest that could be learned from force-infecting\u200c a weird breed of humanized mice with a random virus. Conversely, I could see how much stuff might go wrong,\u201d\u200b the\u2064 professor said. \u201cThe preprint does not specify the biosafety level and biosafety precautions used for the research, the absence of this information raises the concerning possibility that part or all of this research, like the research in Wuhan in 2016-2019 that likely caused the Covid-19 pandemic, recklessly was performed without \u200bthe minimal biosafety containment and practices \u200bessential for research with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/completely-incorrect-fauci-denies-funding-gain-of-function-research-at-wuhan-lab-in-tense-exchange-with-rand-paul\/\" title=\"\u2018Completely Incorrect\u2019: Fauci Denies Funding Gain Of Function Research At Wuhan Lab In Tense Exchange With Rand Paul\">potential pandemic pathogens<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I \u2062had a look at the \u2063preprint. It&#8217;s a terrible\u2062 study, scientifically\u2063 totally pointless. I can see nothing of vague interest that could be learned \u200cfrom force-infecting a weird breed of humanised mice with\u2062 a \u2064random\u2063 virus. Conversely, I could see\u2064 how such \u200cstuff might go wrong \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2064Prof \u200bFrancois Balloux (@BallouxFrancois) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BallouxFrancois\/status\/1744932362704556331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Wuhan Institute\u200c of Virology in\u2064 China, \u2064which has been\u200c associated\u200d with lab leak\u2062 claims regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, does \u2063not seem to be involved in this 2024 study.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed!\u200b Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare \u2062this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard launches attacks \u200din Northern Iraq,\u2064 Syria and now reports suggest Iran invaded Pakistani airspace.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The\u2062 Biden Administration assigns the Houthi terror group to\u200c a \u2062\u2018specially designated terror list\u2019 \u2063different \u200dfrom the list President Trump \u2062assigned them\u2063 to when he was in office. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>An American man \u200cwho faked his death years ago \u2063and \u2062fled to Scotland in order \u200cto escape rape \u200dcharges finally returns to the U.S..<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The investigation into the Biden family\u2019s alleged corruption in \u2064Ukraine takes another turn as a former \u2064Ukrainian lawmaker comes forward \u200cwith shocking new evidence. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Executives at \u200bthe WEF say they are grappling with\u2064 how to \u2064turn early demos into money-makers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple ended\u2063 Samsung Electronics\u2019 12-year run as the\u2062 largest seller of smartphones in\u2064 the world.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tesla\u00a0CEO Elon Musk said he \u2063would be uncomfortable \u2063growing the automaker to be a leader in AI and robotics without having at least 25% voting control of the company.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google is set to go \u2062before a federal jury in Boston on Tuesday over accusations that its processors infringe a computer \u2064scientist\u2019s patents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2062 rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2>Rectly to\u2062 your phone by subscribing to our PAA alerts. Text &#8220;COVIDALERTS&#8221; to 555-1234\u200b to subscribe now!<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064 A New Strain of COVID-19 Experimented on\u2063 Humanized Mice in China<\/p>\n<p>A\u2062 recent study conducted by a research\u2064 group in Beijing, China, \u2064has \u2062raised concerns after it\u200b was revealed that they have been experimenting on a new strain of COVID-19 in humanized mice. This strain is reported\u200d to be 100% lethal. \u2063The study involved researchers from the Beijing\u2063 University \u2063of Chemical \u200dTechnology and Nanjing University.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study, \u2062the fatal virus,\u200c known as &#8220;GX_P2V,&#8221; targeted the brains of mice that were \u200dgenetically \u2062engineered to \u200bresemble humans. The researchers believe that this experiment highlights\u2063 a spillover risk of GX_P2V into\u2062 humans and provides a unique model for better understanding the pathogenic mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2-related viruses.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062deadly virus is a mutated version of GX\/2017, a coronavirus strain\u2064 that was initially discovered in Malaysian pangolins in 2017 \u2062as well\u200b as mammals in warm areas. The research\u200b revealed that all the mice that were infected\u2062 with the virus died \u2064within eight days, \u200cwhich is considered surprisingly\u200d rapid. The virus was found to affect various parts of the humanized mice, including their bones, eyes, lungs, tracheas, and brains. As a result of the infection, the mice experienced extreme weight loss, a hunched \u2064posture, sluggish movement, and their eyes turned \u2064completely white. However, it is important to note \u2062that the study&#8217;s results do\u200b not provide a \u200ccomplete indication of how \u2064this virus would affect humans\u200b in comparison.<\/p>\n<p>The study has faced criticism from Francois Balloux, \u2062an epidemiology expert at University College London&#8217;s Genetics Institute. Balloux described the research as &#8220;terrible&#8221; and &#8220;scientifically totally pointless.&#8221; He expressed concerns about the biosafety \u2064level and \u2064precautions\u200d taken \u200dduring the research, raising the possibility that\u200b part\u2064 or all of\u200c this research, like the research\u200c in Wuhan from 2016-2019, was conducted without the necessary biosafety containment measures essential for handling potential pandemic pathogens.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u200d essential to note that the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, which has been \u200dassociated with lab leak claims regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, does not appear to be involved in this 2024 \u2064study.<\/p>\n<p>As further research and investigations unfold, it is crucial\u2064 for scientists\u200d and researchers to prioritize the safety and containment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-target-nih-for-more-oversight-of-potential-pandemic-pathogens-research\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans Target NIH For More Oversight Of \u2018Potential Pandemic Pathogens\u2019 Research\">potentially dangerous pathogens<\/a>. The world continues\u2063 to face the devastating consequences of \u2063the \u2064COVID-19 pandemic, and it is vital to ensure that research\u200b is\u200b conducted responsibly, with the highest regard \u200dfor biosafety and public health.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news\u200d blasts \u200bdi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Chinese medical school&#8217;s animal lab, a worker tends to white rats on February 16, 2008. Around 100,000 rats and mice are utilized annually for pharmaceutical research in the lab, maintained at a temperature of 24 degrees centigrade. 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