The World Health Organization created a new team to study Covid-19’s origins. “It may be our last chance to understand the origins of this virus.”
Questions over the origins of the virus that sparked the Covid-19 pandemic have resurfaced a debate over a controversial type of research that can involve altering the genetic information of viruses. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explains gain of function.
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