ncovd: Nipah Virus Links

"What happens if we have these hearings and nothing happens? In December 2019, we performed a remote audit, forensic examination of the Wuhan Institute of Virology and found synthetic biology experiments with the Nipah virus. As the chart shows, they had created a cloning vector with a virus the U.S. CDC defines as a bioterrorism agent. Nipah virus is one of the deadliest on the planet, with a greater than 60 percent lethality. Why were they conducting this experiment? I do not know. But laboratory-acquired infection with this virus, if it became airborne, would make COVID-19 look like a walk in the park."

[Senate Hearing 117-555] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] S. Hrg. 117-555

"REVISITING GAIN OF FUNCTION RESEARCH: WHAT THE PANDEMIC TAUGHT US AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?"

from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-117shrg48703/html/CHRG-117shrg48703.htm

[Nipah Virus Links]

Twenty Years of Nipah Virus Research: Where Do We Go From Here?

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7213572/

NIH extends funding of research into deadly Nipah virus

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/11/nih-extends-funding-research-deadly-nipah-virus

Scientists Uncover Structure of Critical Component in Deadly Nipah Virus

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/scientists-uncover-structure-critical-component-deadly-nipah-virus

Multi-platform omics analysis of Nipah virus infection reveals viral glycoprotein modulation of mitochondria

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124725001822