MARCH 28, 2016 | CLIP OF PANDEMICS
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IT IS NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD. FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE ONLY LOOKING AT VIRAL FAMILIES THAT INCLUDE THOSE THAT HAVE GOTTEN TO PEOPLE FROM ANIMALS. WE HAVE NARROWED IT DOWN FROM THERE. THEN, WHEN YOU GET A SEQUENCE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE A RELATIVE TO THE KNOWN NASTY PATHOGEN, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH SARS — WE FOUND VIRUSES IN BATS. SOME OF THEM LOOKED VERY SIMILAR TO SARS. WE SEQUENCED THE SPINE PROTEIN, THE PROTEIN THAT ATTACHES TO CELLS, AND THEN YOU CREATE PSEUDO-PARTICLES, INSERT PROTEINS FROM THE VIRUSES THAT COMBINED TO HUMAN CELLS. EACH STEP OF THIS, YOU MOVE CLOSER AND CLOSER TO COULD THE VIRUS BECOME PATHOGENIC IN PEOPLE? YOU NARROW DOWN THE FIELD. YOU REDUCE THE COST, AND END UP WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF VIRUSES THAT REALLY DO LOOK LIKE KILLERS. AND YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE, AND THE PEOPLE IN THE REGION THAT LIVE WHERE THE ANIMAL LIVES, DO WE
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