Popular Post webfact Posted January 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2020 Australia scientists claim first re-creation of coronavirus outside China FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing masks sit on an Air China flight from Sydney to Beijing before takeoff, in Sydney, Australia January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SYDNEY (Reuters) - A team of scientists in Australia said on Wednesday they have successfully developed a lab-grown version of coronavirus, the first to be recreated outside of China, in a breakthrough that could help combat the global spread of the illness. The researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne said they would share the sample, which was grown from an infected patient, with the World Health Organization and laboratories around the world. A laboratory in China had successfully grown the virus but had released only the genome sequence, not the sample itself, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. "Having the real virus means we now have the ability to actually validate and verify all test methods, and compare their sensitivities and specificities", the Doherty Institute's virus indentification laboratory head, Julian Druce, said in a statement. "The virus will be used as positive control material for the Australian network of public health laboratories, and also shipped to expert laboratories working closely with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe." The flu-like virus broke out in the central Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of last year and has killed 106 people and infected more than 2,800 people. It spreads in droplets from coughs and sneezes and has an incubation period of up to 14 days. The Australia-grown virus sample would be used to generate an antibody test, which would allow detection of the virus in patients who had not shown symptoms, as well as contributing to the creation of a vaccine, the institute said. The virus was grown from a patient who had arrived at the institute on Jan. 24, it added. The Peter Doherty Institute is a joint venture of the University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital. (Reporting by Byron Kaye; editing by Jane Wardell) -- © Copyright Reuters 2020-01-29 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Matzzon Posted January 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2020 That´s good! And the fact that China is hiding there research about the virus is a truly disgusting and disrespectful behaviour, but I guess we can not expect more from a country that even hides the truth from their own citizens. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmate Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Just announced Oz residents of Wuhan to be evacuated and quarantined on Christmas Island in detention centre on their return! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin case Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 and now it will be weaponized ... wait, the virus, does it not have a chemical warfare lab in Wuhan ? makes you think, right ? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Pretty good, they've done in a modern lab what pig and/or chickens, etc... do natuarlly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick501 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 The scientists should have saved their money. Greta and co could have told us that the virus is a result of climate change for free! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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