RE:RE:RE:@steel9696 more on corona bioweapon...Johnnyola1 wrote: what about Lancet, are their comments idiotic?
The insert 1 corresponds to the NTD (N-terminal domain) and the inserts 2 and 3 correspond to the CTD (C-terminal domain) of the S1 subunit in the 2019-nCoV spike glycoprotein. Needless to point out ,HIVGp120 plays crucial role in recognizing the host cell by binding to the primary receptor CD4.This binding induces structural rearrangements in GP120, creating a high affinity binding site for a chemokine co-receptor like CXCR4 and/or CCR5. Could an antibody to CCR5 blocks 2019nCoV coronavirus ? I wonder. Google this if you want to read more Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag 01 Feb 2020, 02:14 AMReply1Like
DSGX1 Comments353 | + Follow Mutation is a possibility in addition to your man-made "theory" 01 Feb 2020, 01:12 PMReply0Like
Soyunmoron Comments288 NO, mutation is not a possibility. The inserted HIV sequences could not have arisen from mutational event. At a mutational rate of 1% for the RNA polymerase ( which has no proof reading ) you expect to have 1 nucleotide per 100 mutated . If it is totally random you should theoretically find them 100 nucleotide apart, not contagiously. And for that to occur 4 times and match two HIV proteins (GP120 and Gag) and happen to be able to come together to form a binding structure to bind a human host cell, the odd is 0 because the time it takes to achieve that will be longer than the age of the earth or even the universe itself. Not to mention the lack of selection pressure for that to occur. The only way that can occur naturally so that the probability is reasonable is by recombination. However, the Chinese scientists published in LANCET has ruled out recombination. https://youtu.be/M0TDtkn0uK4
JOHNNYOLA,
YOU JUST COPIED AND PASTED.
YOU DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THE ARTICLE.
THE SCIENCE TERMS ARE TOO MUCH FOR YOU AND ME TO COMPREHEND/
In term of the current technologies, there is no difficulty in editing and compounding virus. But limited by our knowledge, it is impossible to make a virus that does not exist in nature. The novel coronavirus could not be "made" by people.