Theres Luethi
@theresluethi.bsky.social
science/medical journalist: interested in infectious disease. dementia research. psychiatry. cancer. climate. health disparities. books. biol PhD
https://theresluethi.ch/en/work/
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Theres Luethi
@theresluethi.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Are cancer survivors less likely to develop Alzheimer’s?
Research shows that patients with a history of cancer are less likely to develop dementia and those with Alzheimer’s are less likely to develop cancer
www.theguardian.com
People with a history of #cancer are less likely to develop #dementia and those with #Alzheimer are less likely to develop cancer. Understanding this relationship, say scientists, could lead to new treatments.
Really enjoyed writing my first piece for The Observer
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Really enjoyed writing my first piece for The Observer
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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Defunding scientists for the nationality of who they co-author with or who they train.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Defunding scientists for the nationality of who they co-author with or who they train.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
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What is worrying about these publcations: look at the reviewers.
then their publication list:
loop.frontiersin.org/people/21038... No publications.
loop.frontiersin.org/people/25785... A few, case studies, reviews, etc.
These journals can do more harm than good.
then their publication list:
loop.frontiersin.org/people/21038... No publications.
loop.frontiersin.org/people/25785... A few, case studies, reviews, etc.
These journals can do more harm than good.
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What is worrying about these publcations: look at the reviewers.
then their publication list:
loop.frontiersin.org/people/21038... No publications.
loop.frontiersin.org/people/25785... A few, case studies, reviews, etc.
These journals can do more harm than good.
then their publication list:
loop.frontiersin.org/people/21038... No publications.
loop.frontiersin.org/people/25785... A few, case studies, reviews, etc.
These journals can do more harm than good.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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Good to see someone involved in the field describing the techbro fantasies as “bullshit”. But note the link between this nonsense and eugenicist ideas from Altman. These people are rich, stupid and influential, which = dangerous.
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Fascination of investors such as Elon Musk with uploading their brains to computers is hindering progress in curing disease, say scientists
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Good to see someone involved in the field describing the techbro fantasies as “bullshit”. But note the link between this nonsense and eugenicist ideas from Altman. These people are rich, stupid and influential, which = dangerous.
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Watson wasn't always a racist, but people can change over the course of their lives, some for the better, some for the worse.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Watson wasn't always a racist, but people can change over the course of their lives, some for the better, some for the worse.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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Never read him. Never wrote about him. "Murakami, conversely, has faced accusations of emotional detachment and circular storytelling. Yet, writer Rebecca Solnit defends his approach...." Did AI write this? pakobserver.net/lawrence-and...
Lawrence and Haruki Embodiment and reflection - Pakistan Observer
IN the vast landscape of world literature, a few writers have explored the depths of human experience as vividly as D.H. Lawrence and Haruki
pakobserver.net
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Never read him. Never wrote about him. "Murakami, conversely, has faced accusations of emotional detachment and circular storytelling. Yet, writer Rebecca Solnit defends his approach...." Did AI write this? pakobserver.net/lawrence-and...
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More than 200 studies have provided compelling evidence of a link between rising temperatures and adverse pregnancy outcomes, including premature birth, stillbirth, low birth weight, congenital abnormalities and hypertensive disorders in mothers on.ft.com/4oNPZEX
How a warmer world is making pregnancy riskier
Some scientists argue that the link between increasing heat and adverse maternal outcomes is quietly becoming a public health emergency
on.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
More than 200 studies have provided compelling evidence of a link between rising temperatures and adverse pregnancy outcomes, including premature birth, stillbirth, low birth weight, congenital abnormalities and hypertensive disorders in mothers on.ft.com/4oNPZEX
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A new bat coronavirus discovered in Brazil confirms what we already knew: nature handles furin cleavage sites just fine.
Lab leakers, don’t worry, you've got the track record to pivot seamlessly to a career in creative fiction writing.
Quick update on the news:
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
Lab leakers, don’t worry, you've got the track record to pivot seamlessly to a career in creative fiction writing.
Quick update on the news:
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
The Brazilian clue
Or: another L for lab leak believers
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A new bat coronavirus discovered in Brazil confirms what we already knew: nature handles furin cleavage sites just fine.
Lab leakers, don’t worry, you've got the track record to pivot seamlessly to a career in creative fiction writing.
Quick update on the news:
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
Lab leakers, don’t worry, you've got the track record to pivot seamlessly to a career in creative fiction writing.
Quick update on the news:
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
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I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
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Are we great yet?
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats
An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.
apnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Are we great yet?
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
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He Was Expected to Get #Alzheimers 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He? After years of studying one man, researchers are unearthing clues about his magic combination of genes, molecules and environmental influences, by @pambelluck.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/h... via @nytimes.com #dementia
He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He?
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
He Was Expected to Get #Alzheimers 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He? After years of studying one man, researchers are unearthing clues about his magic combination of genes, molecules and environmental influences, by @pambelluck.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/h... via @nytimes.com #dementia
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Warum wir für den #Wissenschaftsjournalismus kämpfen müssen:
"Evidenzbasierte wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse verlieren zunehmend ihre Rolle als Leitprinzip, während Spekulationen auf der Grundlage von Geheimdienstberichten an Bedeutung gewinnen."
"Evidenzbasierte wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse verlieren zunehmend ihre Rolle als Leitprinzip, während Spekulationen auf der Grundlage von Geheimdienstberichten an Bedeutung gewinnen."
Stammt #Covid aus einem chinesischen Labor oder entstand das Coronavirus durch natürliche Übertragung vom Tier auf den Menschen? In den USA glauben zwei Drittel der Leute, dass Covid aus dem Labor kam. In Europa dürfte es ähnlich sein. Kein Wunder: Die Medien ...
www.bazonline.ch/covid-warum-...
www.bazonline.ch/covid-warum-...
Eine dunkle Vermutung über Corona grassiert – und ist so ansteckend wie das Virus
Zunehmend berichten auch seriöse Medien über die sogenannte Laborthese. Demnach wurde der Erreger künstlich hergestellt. Was ist an der These dran?
www.bazonline.ch
October 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Warum wir für den #Wissenschaftsjournalismus kämpfen müssen:
"Evidenzbasierte wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse verlieren zunehmend ihre Rolle als Leitprinzip, während Spekulationen auf der Grundlage von Geheimdienstberichten an Bedeutung gewinnen."
"Evidenzbasierte wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse verlieren zunehmend ihre Rolle als Leitprinzip, während Spekulationen auf der Grundlage von Geheimdienstberichten an Bedeutung gewinnen."
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🧪 Unbedingt lesenswerter Artikel über die Beweise für den Ursprung von #SARSCoV2 @theresluethi.bsky.social Gut recherchiert und vernünftig.
🙏
@flodebarre.bsky.social @philippmarkolin.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @eddieholmes.bsky.social
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/covid-warum-...
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@flodebarre.bsky.social @philippmarkolin.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @eddieholmes.bsky.social
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/covid-warum-...
Eine dunkle Vermutung über Corona grassiert – und ist so ansteckend wie das Virus
Zunehmend berichten auch seriöse Medien über die sogenannte Laborthese. Demnach wurde der Erreger künstlich hergestellt. Was ist an der These dran?
www.tagesanzeiger.ch
October 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM
🧪 Unbedingt lesenswerter Artikel über die Beweise für den Ursprung von #SARSCoV2 @theresluethi.bsky.social Gut recherchiert und vernünftig.
🙏
@flodebarre.bsky.social @philippmarkolin.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @eddieholmes.bsky.social
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/covid-warum-...
🙏
@flodebarre.bsky.social @philippmarkolin.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @eddieholmes.bsky.social
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/covid-warum-...
Stammt #Covid aus einem chinesischen Labor oder entstand das Coronavirus durch natürliche Übertragung vom Tier auf den Menschen? In den USA glauben zwei Drittel der Leute, dass Covid aus dem Labor kam. In Europa dürfte es ähnlich sein. Kein Wunder: Die Medien ...
www.bazonline.ch/covid-warum-...
www.bazonline.ch/covid-warum-...
Eine dunkle Vermutung über Corona grassiert – und ist so ansteckend wie das Virus
Zunehmend berichten auch seriöse Medien über die sogenannte Laborthese. Demnach wurde der Erreger künstlich hergestellt. Was ist an der These dran?
www.bazonline.ch
October 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Stammt #Covid aus einem chinesischen Labor oder entstand das Coronavirus durch natürliche Übertragung vom Tier auf den Menschen? In den USA glauben zwei Drittel der Leute, dass Covid aus dem Labor kam. In Europa dürfte es ähnlich sein. Kein Wunder: Die Medien ...
www.bazonline.ch/covid-warum-...
www.bazonline.ch/covid-warum-...
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Ein seriös recherchierter Artikel zur Laborthese von @theresluethi.bsky.social im schweizerischen Qualitätsjournalismus für "Das Magazin".
Absolut lesenswert und qualitativ unvergleichbar besser als was NZZ, NYT und ähnliche dazu fabrizierten.
Gift link:
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/covid-warum-...
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Absolut lesenswert und qualitativ unvergleichbar besser als was NZZ, NYT und ähnliche dazu fabrizierten.
Gift link:
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/covid-warum-...
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Eine dunkle Vermutung über Corona grassiert – und ist so ansteckend wie das Virus
Zunehmend berichten auch seriöse Medien über die sogenannte Laborthese. Demnach wurde der Erreger künstlich hergestellt. Was ist an der These dran?
www.tagesanzeiger.ch
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ein seriös recherchierter Artikel zur Laborthese von @theresluethi.bsky.social im schweizerischen Qualitätsjournalismus für "Das Magazin".
Absolut lesenswert und qualitativ unvergleichbar besser als was NZZ, NYT und ähnliche dazu fabrizierten.
Gift link:
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/covid-warum-...
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Absolut lesenswert und qualitativ unvergleichbar besser als was NZZ, NYT und ähnliche dazu fabrizierten.
Gift link:
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/covid-warum-...
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Ein sehr lesenswertes Stück.
Dieser Text ist mir wichtig. Er ist sicher der längste und wohl auch einer der besten, die ich je schrieb.
Für die @woz.ch habe ich beschrieben, wie Algorithmen funktionieren, warum mehrheitlich Rechtspopulisten davon profitieren und was getan werden kann (und sollte).
www.woz.ch/2540/social-...
Für die @woz.ch habe ich beschrieben, wie Algorithmen funktionieren, warum mehrheitlich Rechtspopulisten davon profitieren und was getan werden kann (und sollte).
www.woz.ch/2540/social-...
Social Media: Blick in den Maschinenraum der Macht
Wer sich eine resiliente Demokratie wünscht, muss bei der Fähigkeit ansetzen, Medieninhalte kritisch zu hinterfragen, Algorithmen zu verstehen, Manipulation zu erkennen. Doch das kann nur gelingen, we...
www.woz.ch
October 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ein sehr lesenswertes Stück.
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Hannah Arendt should be compulsory reading for everyone right now.
September 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hannah Arendt should be compulsory reading for everyone right now.
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@bogdandraganski.bsky.social & Tobias Nef from #unibern &
@inselgruppe.bsky.social co-lead the interdisciplinary Innosuisse Flagship consortium “SwissBrAInHealth" aimed at early detection and delay of disease onset in #dementia. 👉Media release: mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas... Congrats!💐
@inselgruppe.bsky.social co-lead the interdisciplinary Innosuisse Flagship consortium “SwissBrAInHealth" aimed at early detection and delay of disease onset in #dementia. 👉Media release: mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas... Congrats!💐
September 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
@bogdandraganski.bsky.social & Tobias Nef from #unibern &
@inselgruppe.bsky.social co-lead the interdisciplinary Innosuisse Flagship consortium “SwissBrAInHealth" aimed at early detection and delay of disease onset in #dementia. 👉Media release: mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas... Congrats!💐
@inselgruppe.bsky.social co-lead the interdisciplinary Innosuisse Flagship consortium “SwissBrAInHealth" aimed at early detection and delay of disease onset in #dementia. 👉Media release: mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas... Congrats!💐
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On the Trump administration's cruel disbanding of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium: my op-ed @statnews.com
My 12-year-old son died from brain cancer. This research would have helped children like him
www.statnews.com/2025/09/15/p...
My 12-year-old son died from brain cancer. This research would have helped children like him
www.statnews.com/2025/09/15/p...
The Trump admin’s cruel disbanding of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium
My 12-year-old son died from brain cancer. The defunding of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium will deny treatments to children like him.
www.statnews.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
On the Trump administration's cruel disbanding of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium: my op-ed @statnews.com
My 12-year-old son died from brain cancer. This research would have helped children like him
www.statnews.com/2025/09/15/p...
My 12-year-old son died from brain cancer. This research would have helped children like him
www.statnews.com/2025/09/15/p...
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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The @nytimes.com has rarely felt as hopelessly out of its depth as in the past two days or so. There is still much I admire, many journalists I respect and trust, but on the Charlie Kirk assassination it simply hasn’t been very informative - not to mention some atrocious opinion “journalism”.
September 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The @nytimes.com has rarely felt as hopelessly out of its depth as in the past two days or so. There is still much I admire, many journalists I respect and trust, but on the Charlie Kirk assassination it simply hasn’t been very informative - not to mention some atrocious opinion “journalism”.
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Hot off the press: We can provide for the first time a systematic attribution of recent #heatwaves to the emissions of #carbon_majors. Essential new #Nature article coordinated by @yannquilcaille.bsky.social at @ethz.ch, with numerous contributors @usyseth.bsky.social:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hot off the press: We can provide for the first time a systematic attribution of recent #heatwaves to the emissions of #carbon_majors. Essential new #Nature article coordinated by @yannquilcaille.bsky.social at @ethz.ch, with numerous contributors @usyseth.bsky.social:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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@zachhensel.bsky.social and I have a new paper on the origin of SARS-CoV-2! 🧪
There are a lot of reviews on the topic already, so we tried to do something different: characterize "lab leak" scenarios, and directly address those on SARS-CoV-2's furin cleavage site.▫️1/9
doi.org/10.5802/crbi...
There are a lot of reviews on the topic already, so we tried to do something different: characterize "lab leak" scenarios, and directly address those on SARS-CoV-2's furin cleavage site.▫️1/9
doi.org/10.5802/crbi...
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
@zachhensel.bsky.social and I have a new paper on the origin of SARS-CoV-2! 🧪
There are a lot of reviews on the topic already, so we tried to do something different: characterize "lab leak" scenarios, and directly address those on SARS-CoV-2's furin cleavage site.▫️1/9
doi.org/10.5802/crbi...
There are a lot of reviews on the topic already, so we tried to do something different: characterize "lab leak" scenarios, and directly address those on SARS-CoV-2's furin cleavage site.▫️1/9
doi.org/10.5802/crbi...