A hybrid version of coronavirus, which fuses an Omicron version with a virus of the Wuhan strain, was developed by researchers at Boston University in October, Chief of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov said at a briefing on Saturday ahead of the Ninth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
"In October, Boston University developed a chimeric coronavirus based on the Omicron variant and the original 'Wuhan' strain. The hybrid virus developed by the Americans killed 80% of the infected lab animals causing atypical neurological symptoms and significant lung injury," Kirillov said.
The US Department of Health and Human Services has ruled to investigate the activities of the university management. Nevertheless, according to Kirillov, the ‘Boston experiment’ shows that the United States lacks the government control over the genetic engineering and synthetic biology research.
"Despite high biological risks, the research was conducted with US government funds, but without proper authorization by the national biosafety and biosecurity watchdog," he said.
Papers prove US worked on pathogens in Ukrainian labs - Russia Defense Ministry
The papers made available to the Russian Defense Ministry disclose cooperation between Kiev and Washington, as well as attempts to establish control over pathogens in Ukrainian laboratories, Chief of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov said on Saturday ahead of the Ninth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
Kirillov pointed out that the US Department of Defense concealed the activities of its Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) from Americans, deleting the information about the research results obtained in Ukraine from their reports.
"The disclosed papers again indicate Kiev-Washington cooperation, as well as attempts to create pathogen control in Ukrainian laboratories by installing the PACS system, portions of which were provided to Ukraine under the ‘US government property’ sign," Kirillov said.
"This corresponds to the materials we have at our disposal, which include the project registration card and contract documents approved by the Ukrainian Economy Ministry," he added.
He recalled that the PACS system made it possible for the Pentagon to track in real time the whereabouts and use of highly dangerous pathogens in laboratories all over the world, and to get access to results of "ethically and legally ambiguous experiments.".
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