Known as the "father of coronavirus," the professor of epidemiology at the University of North Carolina Department of Ralph Barrick, in November 2008 in the United States Academy of Sciences published "synthesis of recombinant bat SARS-like coronavirus in the Academy of Sciences mice and cultured cells infectious "
Academy of Sciences Barrick once described the strength of his team when he published his paper: "Now we have the ability to design and synthesize various SARS-like coronaviruses
This paper aroused attention at the time, and many media reported that "the American scientist laboratory successfully reconstructed the SARS virus
In fact, as early as 1989 , Barrick published his research on viral gene recombination.
1989 After the SARS outbreak in 2003, Barrick's laboratory's research funding increased significantly.
Barrick wrote an article in 2006 that the technology of synthesizing virus sequences has the potential to be used to make biological weapons of mass destruction
Over the years, Barrick under the banner of "SARS virus" has been practicing the reality of "creation and transformation of coronavirus
In 2008, Barrick explained when he published the paper: This research is an important step in preventing and controlling SARS in the future
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