David Baltimore
| David Baltimore link Website (Virologist) | |
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| Born | March 7, 1938 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | September 6, 2025 |
| Nationality | US |
| Children | 1 |
| Spouse | Alice S. Huang |
| Interests | Cell biology |
US virologist | |
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“When I first saw the furin cleavage site [1] in the viral sequence, with its arginine codons, I said to my wife it was the smoking gun for the origin of the virus. (...) These features make a powerful challenge to the idea of a natural origin for SARS2.”
David Baltimore [2]
David Baltimore was an American virologist. He was an advisor to ACT for NIH.[3]
References
- ↑ Furin cleavage site refers to biological weapons research, which found such feature enhancement applicable. https://swprs.org/on-the-origin-of-sars-coronavirus-2/
- ↑ About. Act for NIH. Retrieved October 15, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221015201811/https://www.actfornih.org/about/
