China conducts animal tests with Ebola-like virus that kills within three days

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/china-virus-ebola-hamsters-death-b2552324.html
Published: May 29, 2024
Author: Mike Rivero
Post Date: 2024-05-29 11:13:48 by Horse
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Chinese scientists have developed a virus in the lab that mimics an Ebola infection, wiping out a whole group of hamsters after giving them ulcers in their eyes.

Researchers at the Hebei Medical University in China genetically engineered the less-threatening virus vesicular stomatitis – known to infect cattle – to carry a protein from the Ebola virus, establishing that this then caused “lethal infection in hamsters.”

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#1: Pigpen    To: Horse (#0)

Freakin' psychos!

Poor hamsters.

Pigpen posted on 2024-05-29 20:34:04   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Dakmar    To: Horse (#0)

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Dakmar posted on 2024-05-29 20:37:00   Reply   Private Reply