This is a link to the preliminary findings by the Indian group that claimed there are 4 HIV insertions into the SARS - CoV 2. Read the comments and replies below too. The scientific community is pointing out errors in their findings. The group of Indian researchers pulled their findings to address concerns pointed out by other scientists, which suggests to me they will republish in the future. Hopefully the 2nd time around their research will be able to withstand the scrutiny. I will watch with interest. At this time we can not point to this research by itself and say "It's a fact". Is there any other research corroborating the HIV insertions? I'm looking...
Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.30.927871v1EDIT:
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Prashant Pradhan
3 months ago
This is a preliminary study. Considering the grave situation, it was shared in BioRxiv as soon as possible to have creative discussion on the fast evolution of SARS-like corona viruses. It was not our intention to feed into the conspiracy theories and no such claims are made here. While we appreciate the criticisms and comments provided by scientific colleagues at BioRxiv forum and elsewhere, the story has been differently interpreted and shared by social media and news platforms. We have positively received all criticisms and comments. To avoid further misinterpretation and confusions world-over, we have decided to withdraw the current version of the preprint and will get back with a revised version after reanalysis, addressing the comments and concerns. Thank you to all who contributed in this open-review process.
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