Chinese authorities have released the full genome of the 2019-nCoV virus that has prompted extreme containment measures in China. The DNA sequence has two features identifying it as almost certainly man-made. (1) A short sequence called pshuttle that was subject of a Chinese patent for genetic modification of viruses back in the era of SARS. (2) A larger chunk of the genome is unrelated to any known Coronavirus, and is far too large to be a re ...

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Chinese authorities have released the full genome of the 2019-nCoV virus that has prompted extreme containment measures in China. The DNA sequence has two features identifying it as almost certainly man-made. (1) A short sequence called pshuttle that was subject of a Chinese patent for genetic modification of viruses back in the era of SARS. (2) A larger chunk of the genome is unrelated to any known Coronavirus, and is far too large to be a recent mutation. It is most closely related to the AIDS virus. Following the conclusion that the Wuhan virus is not natural, there are two possibilities: It could be escaped from a vaccine research program, where viral genomes are routinely modifidied and tested, or it could be escaped (or released) from a bioweapons laboratory. Either way, we don't know if the laboratory that produced it is Chinese or Canadian or US. Highwire video link

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Josh Mitteldorf, de-platformed senior editor at OpEdNews, blogs on aging at http://JoshMitteldorf.ScienceBlog.com. Read how to stay young at http://AgingAdvice.org.

Educated to be an astrophysicist, he has branched out from there to mathematical modeling in a variety of areas, including evolutionary ecology and economics. He has taught mathematics, statistics, and physics at several universities. He is an avid amateur pianist, and father of two adopted Chinese girls, now grown. He travels to Beijing each year to work with a lab studying the biology of aging. His book on the subject is "Cracking the Aging Code", http://tinyurl.com/y7yovp87.