Techjunkie81 t1_iss32sb wrote on October 18, 2022 at 8:28 AM Reply to comment by jasonm2128 in Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, more lethal COVID strain in lab - Researchers at Boston University added a spike protein from the Omicron variant with the original Wuhan strain, which has an 80% kill rate (in certain mice) by izumi3682 Not a scientist here but why would they use a particular type of mouse that is highly susceptible to the virus? Permalink Parent 2
Techjunkie81 t1_iss32sb wrote
Reply to comment by jasonm2128 in Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, more lethal COVID strain in lab - Researchers at Boston University added a spike protein from the Omicron variant with the original Wuhan strain, which has an 80% kill rate (in certain mice) by izumi3682
Not a scientist here but why would they use a particular type of mouse that is highly susceptible to the virus?