Engineered bat virus stirs debate over risky research

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Editors’ note, March 2020 We are aware that this story is being used as the basis for unverified theories that the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 was engineered. There is no evidence that this is true; scientists believe that an animal is the most likely source of the coronavirus.

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Butler, D. Engineered bat virus stirs debate over risky research . Nature (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2015.18787

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  1. Mergatroid69

    So, are you gonna remove that dubious editor's note posted on March '20? People know how to read. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...well, you have a duck...😏

  2. mike ahuja Replied to Mergatroid69

    the evidence is clear that its a leak...