Can scientists turn an existing pathogen into the COVID-19 virus?
In the final episode of our three-part series on the origins of the COVID-19 virus, we will use the analogies of a zipper, a car and winning the lottery to expose the absurd difficulties of turning a close relative of SARS-CoV-2 into the pandemic virus through genetic engineering.
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