Spanish Flu

Scientists Resurrect Deadly Spanish Flu Using Gain-of-Function

Scientists Resurrect Deadly Spanish Flu Using Gain-of-Function

Scientists have used controversial gain-of-function research to resurrect the deadly Spanish Flu that killed millions of people around the world in the early 20th century. The team of gain-of-function researchers in Canada and the US reports that they successfully re-created the 1918 influenza virus and used it to infect macaques.…
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