Boston University researchers create new COVID strain
Boston University researchers create new COVID strain
(NewsNation) — Researchers at Boston University created a new strain of COVID-19 in efforts to examine the role of a specific protein associated with the omicron variant. Their virus, generated in a biosafety level four lab, caused rapidly deteriorating, severe disease with a mortality rate of 80% in the mice it was tested on during the research process.
The omicron variant is highly…